There was such an anticpation of Easter this year for me. The best for me to describe it is like when I was a child and I would get excited about Christmas or my birthday... so many times as I got older those holidays became a bit disappointing to me. But, ever year I would get excited again... I just could never be the person who lowered her expectations as to not be disappointed...I always remained hopeful.
I didn't know what was going to happen on Easter weekend, didn't know what to expect but, I couldn't help but feel as if I was truly happy, happy like I had been in a long time.
I had spent the weekend before with my dear friend, and we had fun, but more than anything we spent the weekend talking about God.
As Easter came the joy was stronger... did I walk away from the weekend disappointed? Not at all, did something magical happen, no not really. What I did witness was my boys making a decision to take another step in their relationship with God, by getting baptized. My oldest son (John Luc, 14) went forward with a good friend by his side. My youngest son (Coulson, 8) went forward after he came to me and said, "Mom, I have to go now!" He ran down the aisle to the front, I was so touched by his enthusiasm, his excitement has continued he has told everyone that he was baptized this weekend. This for a parent or at least this parent is an amazing step in their walk with the Lord, a personal relationship that I want my children to have.
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