Don't Get Distracted

Did the Easter Bunny visit you?  Okay, so maybe we are a bit too old for that, but we sure do a great job of sneaking candy from the little ones' baskets.  C'mon, I am not the only one who does that, am I?

Wow, how Easter grew to be a day about hiding eggs, eating candy and buying a new dress to wear.  The holiday brings those into a church who have not stepped foot in one since Christmas.  But do those individuals really understand the meaning behind this glorious day? 

"Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone.  And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”  Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."

(Luke 9:21-23)

"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,  that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,"

(1 Corinthians 12:3-4)

“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen.  He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead."

(Acts 10:39-41)

Forget the chocolate bunny.  Wait!  I am a woman, so EAT the bunny and enjoy the chance to have some chocolate, BUT don't forget what this day really means.  God gave His only son to die for us so we may have life.  An abundant life which we are to use to further God's Kingdom and love His Children.  

God thank you for this glorious day.  Thank You for sacrificing Your only son to save my soul.  May those individuals who worship only a couple days a year be fed spiritually today so seeds may be planted.  Water those seeds and remove their blindness, so they may see You and know what You have done for them.  May I remember the true meaning of today and not be distracted by chocolate bunnies, eggs and marshmallow chicks!  I love You.

Keep praying harder than the devil can work.

Sheree Craig