Mrs. Sheila

It is a glorious day my friends! He is RISEN!! We, as the body of Christ, should still have that giddy excitement that we can only imagine fell upon Mary as she was greeted by Jesus himself OUTSIDE the tomb on that glorious morning! WE should be jumping up and down for joy ~ not what he can do for us... but that we can do all things through HIM... if we just believe. Instead Easter gets tainted with "Easter clothes", Chocolate bunnies, and egg hunts!! Yes those are fu n things... and I have to say we participate in them as well, BUT.... My children can probably tell you the story of the ressurection quicker then alot of adults. They know the REASON we have EASTER! They know what I meant when I told them "Happy Ressurection Day", when they woke up! Sad thing is... that is unusual for young children in this time and day. Please, if you have young children, allow them the oppertunity to get to know Christ one on one!! Show them! Be an example! It will make it easier for them, and it will seem like second nature ~~ LIKE IT SHOULD BE!!! I wasn't given a GOOD role model, I am learning as I go. I struggle with things, but the neatest blessing that God has given me, to show me what I do on a daily basis makes a greater impact then I realized.... is seeing my children begin to develop a deep knowledge and understanding of Who God is... and How He can be in our lives every single minute! Teach them to accept the fact that everyone has a gift that God wants to use in His church ~ his body of believers~ and we don't need to fit into a legalistic box.. that people tend to put God in. The sad part is.. there is a lot of adults who will do that!! And if you do not fit their "bill" of what a GOOD Christian should be, then you must not be a REAL believer.

If you have read this far... thanks! I will be back later with somemore on "The wrong box", as God gives me the words to share. I don't want this to be out of emotion, but out of direction.

HAPPY EASTER 2007!!