The Patriot Post® · Easter

Who doesn’t need a second chance? Who doesn’t need forgiveness or a resurrection of hope? Even if you are not a believer in the religious aspect of Easter, now is still a good time for a a renewal of your spirit – come join in the celebration at various houses of worship this Easter season.

Even if you are not convinced or completely believe, join in and participate with a people called to love, forgiveness, charity and service. In general, there is no requirement that you have to believe first before you participate or serve. Sometimes belief comes in the doing. If the belief never comes while participating, your time could still have been spent in a charity service that churches and other places of worship often sponsor or making lasting bonds with (hopefully) positive hopeful people while serving.

Is religion a crutch? Can a crutch become a tool? Can this belief become a great truth and wonderful part of you? We all need crutches – we all have some failing or injury in some way or other – it doesn’t have to be physical (Christians believe that we all fall short spiritually). It can be in your heart, mind, body or soul. You have a choice; you can call it a crutch or simply as another way of being more of who you really want to be.

And actually, admitting weakness to yourself is strength.

Take the plunge, instead of fence sitting. No one can be certain of all the answers in life or after. Taking a chance is real life. This leap of faith could actually be a small hop that covers a huge chasm.

Too often we focus too much on our differences and what separates rather than our sameness and what unites us as human beings. There are huge all inclusive mega churches or other homes of religious belief and there are smaller intimate you-know-everybody’s-name churches – plenty of choices to fit your own individual spirit.

Ultimately, it is good to have a people that have faith that a supreme being wants them to behave by rules that have been eons tested for a better society.

Who doesn’t need to know that they have a special purpose? Why not believe that there is something more to our lives than birth, a short existence then nothingness?

A famous religious leader once said that choosing faith could be the most eternal decision you make. But if the true believers are wrong, then it would simply be life changing – not a bad bargain either way.