Easter

Dear Parents,

If your family is anything like mine, or the family I saw at Wal-Mart yesterday, you are busy! Not just regular busy, but springtime busy!

Busy getting to baseball, tennis and soccer practice! Busy getting to dance, cheer and guitar lessons! Busy buying groceries, helping with spelling tests and doing laundry. Busy working and volunteering at your child's school.

As if all that isn't enough- Easter is so early this year! (Who decides that anyway?!) Easter only adds to your busy schedule! Now, in addition to your "regular busy" you are "extra busy" getting ready for Easter.

Maybe, like the family in Wal-Mart, you are busy buying dyeing and hiding eggs. Busy trying to get haircuts for your boys and busy finding matching outfits for your "little bunnies" for Easter pictures!

You are busy locating Easter baskets... (Where did you put those things last year?) Busy cleaning house for relatives to come for an ill-timed visit (After all, don't they know? It's Easter! You are BUSY!)

I know I feel this way a lot. Busy, Busy, Busy!

But, I want to invite you to join me in slowing down, taking a breath and reflecting on the magnitude of what Jesus Christ did for us all those years ago on the cross.

Christ's resurrection, was indeed a game-changer. Let's talk with our children about Easter, and why it's the reason for our faith. Jesus is alive. He is who He said He was. It's staggering to try to comprehend that kind of love... The enormity of the sacrifice... and the fact that it was given freely on my behalf. (and yours) That's worthy of a pause in all of our busy schedules.

I want you to know that if the boys don't get haircuts and if your kids don't have matching clothes this Easter, it's ok. Make time to get your heart right and to lead your family in getting their hearts prepared for Easter.

Then, reach out to a family who may not have ever heard the good news of Jesus Christ and invite them to join you at church this Sunday. There is nothing on your list more important than helping more families meet Jesus this Easter!

Our mission at Live Oak is to Grow More and Stronger Followers of Jesus Christ. How is your family engaging with our mission this Easter?