Conflict

This time of year can be conflicted. It is almost time for spring and “Spring Break,” and yet the weather is anything but spring-like here in North Texas. You know it is coming, but it has not yet arrived. We have to wait a bit longer. We also find ourselves in the season of Lent, which presents a different kind of  conflict. We spend time reflecting on what it was that put Jesus on the cross—our sins—all the while knowing that His resurrection is a certainty. Our celebration of that is coming, but first we need to go through this season and remember that He died and remember why He died. Even in conflict, we rejoice in knowing that Jesus has made peace with God for us by His perfect life, His passion, suffering and death in our place.