Amy Rasmussen
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Amy Rasmussen
@AmyRass
Learning as I go. Come what may. Latter-day Saint, literacy consultant & author, former teacher. Favorite role is grandmother.

I think people sometimes hear #GreaterLove and imagine a message that is warm, reassuring, and easy to absorb. But the love of Christ is more serious than that. His love did not ignore sin. It paid for it. His love did not excuse brokenness. It entered into it so that healing could actually be possible. His love did not leave people where they were. It opened the way for them to become something holy through Him. That is what makes Easter so powerful. The Son of God did not stand at a distance and tell us He cared. He descended beneath all things. He took suffering upon Himself in a way none of us can fully comprehend, and then He rose again so that death would never have the final word. That is greater love. Not sentimental love. Redeeming love. And that is why I struggle with versions of Christianity that reduce Jesus to a comforting symbol. Christ is not here to decorate our lives with inspiration. He is the risen Lord, and His love is meant to change us. It should move us toward repentance, gratitude, covenant loyalty, and a deeper seriousness about following Him. Anything less is too small for what Easter actually proclaims.







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