Easter Day

Romans 1:4-5

And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.

What a blessing to be able to tell everyone what God has done for us. Do you tell everyone? I don't. I don't even tell some of the people closest to me. Terrible! Why is it so hard to tell others about the greatest gift of all, Jesus. He was sent to the world to die for my sins, your sins, all of our sins. How is that possible? How could a mother watch her son die such a horrible death? I can't imagine. No, I won't imagine. It is just too horrible. Yet, even if it is hard, I am called to tell people everywhere about the love, joy, mercy, grace, forgiveness that I have found through my personal relationship with Christ. Not religion but relationship! That is the key. Yes, I've had the religion part but didn't really get the relationship aspect until later in life. You see I talk to God numerous times a day and He talks to me. Not verbally but I feel Him and His presence all the time. I know that He is there for me and I may not understand what is happening or even like it but that He is in control and I have to trust that. After all He gave his one and only son's life for me. Little ol' me. So if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ I encourage you to get one. Not next week or next year or whenever you are good enough, because it will never happen. We are all sinners and fall short everyday but since Jesus took our beatings and death and overcame, He can forgive. Trust Him! Love Him! Be in a relationship with Him! It will be the best decision you ever made. An eternal decision. It will forever change the celebration of Easter as well. I cry every Easter service as I think of the miracle of the resurrection.

On Easter morning we woke up to see what the Easter bunny had left for Hannah Claire. Since she was scared of the Easter bunny this year, she was skeptical about coming into the living room. I think she thought he would be in there.

She quickly realized he was not here and the coast was clear.

Hannah Claire loves trains! I mean loves them! The child yelled "love you" to a train as it passed by after school one day. The EB must have gotten the memo because he brought her a train set. She also got a bunny that she loves and some new pj's.

After we played with the train a little she began looking for the eggs that the EB had hidden. She really enjoyed hunting eggs.

She was good at it too. The EB got real creative where he hid the eggs.

HC really enjoyed the morning festivities but we had to get ready for church. Shane ushered at the 8am service so we had to skedaddle.

When we got home we tried our best to get some family pictures.

Then HC wanted to "hide eggs". For some reason she refused to pick this egg up. She would point at it but would not touch it. We ended up having to throw it out in the yard so she would pick it up. Who knows!?!

Other than the one egg, she was quick to find and pick up the rest of the eggs.

"Found it"

The sweet little girl across the street brought HC a basket. HC had to sit down and take inventory of what all was in the basket.

After she found her candy in her new basket she was ready to eat it up. We still hear "candy" all the time. We didn't know this word until Easter. Well, I guess you have to learn it sometime. She also decided by the end of the day she wanted to hide the eggs herself. She really enjoyed Easter this year and so did Mommy & Daddy. We are so thankful for our sweet baby girl and look forward to many more celebrations of our Risen Savior!!!