The Reason

Although I do love chocolate and decorating eggs, Easter is so much more to me than that. I had something else planned to blog about today but when I thought about it I realized that the ultimate sacrifice and foundation of my faith deserved a little more than a few words at the end of my thrift store finds post.

I know that not everyone reading this believes in Christ like I do and I've never been one to be really pushy with my views, nonetheless I felt like I needed to share about what and who drives my soul.

 

Good Friday is a bit painful for me, thinking about how the sin of all mankind was placed upon my perfect savior. The Passion of the Christ really made the pain he suffered real in my mind, even though I took part in our church's drama of the crucifixion and resurrection every year. I think it's good for us as Christians to remember what happened today, to think about what it was like real and in color not simply a story in the Bible. 

All that is not the point though.  If the crucifixion was all that happened, so many people wouldn't have given their lives and freedom up for the name of Jesus Christ. As much as scholars and archeologists have tried to disprove it, He is risen. The pain and the sorrow of the death of Jesus is redeemed by the fact that He rose again, He conquered death for all of us, for me. 

The change in me and the amazing things I've seen done because of the power of God simply can't be explained away. I know there are so many people who laugh it all off as a joke or a story for the weak minded but I can only speak for myself and for what I know to be true. That is, I would be lost in more ways than one if Christ didn't live in me. The reason I started Sincerely Rae is to be an example to young girls and women, to teach them that you don't have to be half naked to be fashionable. That you don't need to sacrifice morals to reach your dreams.  Last year before I started this blog I wrote a mission statement for Sincerely Rae and posted it on my personal Facebook:

Believing that every woman should train to serve her creator. We, at Sincerely Rae, promise to give hints, tips, help, and clothes to provide every girl a hope to achieve Her dreams (because DREAM IT! ladies) living through prayer and supplication to her creator.

That we should Live soberly, righteously, and Godly in this present age.

So that which was supposed to be my own outlet will be a blessing to others.

So that's that. I know it's not popular to stand for something divisive and it can be offensive. But I decided a long time ago that I couldn't have parts of my life that were separate from my faith.  This is my identity, my business can't be exclusive from that. 

 

 

Oh and eat plenty of candy for Easter too, it's a sweet reminder of love.

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