I feel like a kid in a candy store...Yesterday was such an amazing and relaxing day with so many moments to choose from that just filled and overwhelmed my heart... Kicked off our day making breakfast for our congregation. Watching them eat, laugh, and have fellowship... well... words can't express how full my heart was even then. Followed by a great time of worship with so many little ones coming forward to lift and wave banners high in celebration. Seeing those banners fly held by those little hands took my full heart and melted it into a big puddle. We continued our fun sharing about how our risen Savior's love can thaw a "Frozen" heart...as we watched those little eyes light up when Easter baskets filled with candy were brought out just for them. ...and then when I felt like my heart couldn't become any fuller...it did...hearing our congregation's laughter as my husband shared about our propane leak experience to drive home the reality that God is risen and still moves stones today. Spending that time with my church family was awesome....
But God had even more in store for me...we finally had the opportunity to spend time with blood family that we haven't seen in quite awhile... eating roast pig, watching kids and adults 4 wheeling, and just laughing as we shared our many stories.
Have I told you we have a good God? He IS risen.... You can go to Buddha's grave...and his bones are still there... you can go to Mohammed's grave...and his bones are still there, but if you go to the grave of Jesus...you'll find the stone was rolled away and HE IS ALIVE! HE LIVES...and because of all He has done...so can we. We can have that abundant life He spoke of. Acts 17:28 says, "For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'" He has shown me that because He is a risen Savior... life can and will get even better...even better than a roasted pig and a 4 wheeler. As we serve Him, be expectant for all He can and will do in our lives. He is King of kings and Lord of lords...He is risen, and He is GOOD!
But God had even more in store for me...we finally had the opportunity to spend time with blood family that we haven't seen in quite awhile... eating roast pig, watching kids and adults 4 wheeling, and just laughing as we shared our many stories.
Have I told you we have a good God? He IS risen.... You can go to Buddha's grave...and his bones are still there... you can go to Mohammed's grave...and his bones are still there, but if you go to the grave of Jesus...you'll find the stone was rolled away and HE IS ALIVE! HE LIVES...and because of all He has done...so can we. We can have that abundant life He spoke of. Acts 17:28 says, "For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'" He has shown me that because He is a risen Savior... life can and will get even better...even better than a roasted pig and a 4 wheeler. As we serve Him, be expectant for all He can and will do in our lives. He is King of kings and Lord of lords...He is risen, and He is GOOD!