It feels bizarre. All my life I’ve been attending Easter vigil in our community church, hunting eggs and bunnies and enjoying Easter lunch with my family, all to celebrate Easter. But it is only last week that I was able to comprehend its very essence.

It has been so long but now I understand. Is it the effect of being deprived for living my “normal” life caused by this pandemic lockdown? Or is it the effectiveness of attending an online mass? Still, I miss going to church. Whatever the reason is, it’s humbling and reassuring to know what Easter means to me now.

As I virtually attend the Easter vigil last Saturday night, 3 things were revealed to me about the resurrection of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ:

My mind was filled with all the impossible things made possible by God

God repeatedly reminds us that anything is possible with Him. He has shown us miracles since the beginning of time – our world, the universe, life, death and the most profound of all…the rebirth of Jesus Christ. And He continuously reveals His power to us even in ways we cannot see or in times we can’t foresee. We just have to have faith in Him.

My heart was touched with endless hopes

It was the excitement and joy that Jesus’ disciples experienced when they realized that Jesus’ is alive. It gave them hope to continue their lives, their mission.

It was the relief I felt every time he surprisingly and repeatedly sends people to support me during the times I felt lonely while working abroad away from my family.

And in all our past, present and future hardships, God is always with us and for us. He will continuously reach out to us and is always willing to do anything for us, He even sacrificed His own son.

My spirit was awakened with His compassion and generosity

When Eve and Adam disobeyed Him, God still allowed them to live. When His people worshiped different Gods and not Him, and continuously failed Him and sinned, He sacrificed even His one and only son for our salvation.

When I was broken and still stubborn, He woke me up one morning. Then all of a sudden, my heart felt unburden. My spirit was awakened. And I felt alive again and again.

Truly God gives us so many chances to resurrect… to renew our lives.

Amid this pandemic, people around the world are struggling to survive both physically and mentally. But it is our spiritual being that will help us get through this. It is the joy and hope that our Easter celebration constantly reminds us. It is the new life that has been awaiting us. And when we finally accept it, we can ask ourselves. Is the new life brought about by Jesus’ resurrection evident in our lives? How can we show our own resurrection?