Although I tried to find time to decorate and plan for Easter Sunday, which I’ll be hosting this year, I will admit, I’ve left quite a bit to do for tomorrow–the very last minute. Between managing a family and working a full time job, I simply can only stretch myself so far!
I wasn’t feeling very accomplished this evening, which is a personal struggle of mine–I have a ‘need to get it all done, or I fall apart’ type of mentality.
This is the red head version of me–as I ‘fall apart’ :) |
As I spent some time in my bible today reading the story of Christ’s death on the cross, things really fell into perspective. Knowing that I am not perfect, but perfected through the grace of God, who loves me just the way I am, is amazing to me, cause I am WAY flawed! Better yet, to know He loved me so much that he DIED for me can just bring me to my knees at times.
I love the Lord with all of my heart, and although sometimes because of my sinful nature I’m not a good witness, or a good steward of the time and resources He’s blessed me with, I am still a daughter of the most high God, and He died to wash me sparkly clean of my sins, and therefore I, and all who follow Him are forgiven, because HE took away our sins on the cross.
Those very ‘things’ that overwhelm me; family responsibilities, day job, home keeping, parenting, maintaining of relationships, holiday planning, parenting, being a wife and oh, so many more, are the very blessings that the Lord has mercifully given me to cherish and nurture, as I was working for Him personally.
‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving ‘. Colossians 3:23-24
So tomorrow, the Saturday before Easter, as I hurry out to buy the ingredients I need to prepare the Sunday meal, prepare the kid’s baskets, color eggs, and hustle to decorate and put it all together in the nick of time, I won’t stress. I will aim to be calm, and trust that all is His control, and will turn out beautifully in His eyes, whom I work for.
Let us remember what this fun filled ‘kid’s’ holiday is really about:
’Don’t be alarmed,’ he said. ‘You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you’” Mark 16:1,4-7.
Thank you God for being the Lord over my life and my family’s. Thank you for sending your only Son to die on the cross so that we may live. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your endless love and mercy!
HE IS RISEN INDEED!
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