Good News and 10 Days

Only ten more days until I graduate with my bachelor's degree. I'm excited. But that's not the good news I want to focus on. It's the good news of Jesus. This past Sunday I celebrated the resurrection of JesusChrist. Without him, I would not the person I am today. I would not write this blog at all. I'm helpless without Jesus. 

The week prior in chapel, the university president, Dr. Pettit preached a series of messages leading up to the death of Jesus. Then Sunday would come to his resurrection. The messages he preached did make an impact on me and challenged me. However, what I remember the most is when he teared up in front of the student body, remembering that on this particular  Easter Sunday is when he came to Christ.  I relate to this. Easter is a special time for me as well. I was baptized on April 4th, 2010 which was Easter that year. The baptism did not save me but it was the simple prayer I prayed a couple of weeks before that saved. It was on Easter I became confident of the change Jesus made in my life. I was resurrected in Christ that day. I recognized that I was no longer the same. My head knowledge of Jesus became heart knowledge. 

As I said before, if it was not for Jesus I would not be the person I am today. In His death, In His burial, and in His Glorious resurrection, I have life because of him. 

Listen to this song by Casting Crowns. 

"Living he loved me, dying he saved me, buried he carried my sins far away,"