We had our small group meeting last night. We covered a lot of ground. Our pastor's Easter sermon had been on "finding your miracle" ... a reminder that God is always at work ... that miracles may not be what we expect or come as we expect them but He is still with us.

One of the things we discussed last night, though, was what pre-Christians think of Easter. It's funny but when you got buy Easter cards, it is hard to find a religious one sometimes.

I was telling our group last night ... due to commercialization, if I really stretch my mind, I can almost think about Christmas without thinking about Jesus' birth.

But it's impossible for me to think about Easter separate from Jesus' crucifixion, death and resurrection. It's completely unfathomable to me for that not all to go together.

I guess that the card stores and others are pushing for us to think of Easter as the start of Spring or something ... and I am sure they have been successful to a large degree. I sure don't wish them success though. If that is not Satan working in the world, then I do not know what is.