Happy Easter 2010"

Happy Easter to you and yours! Wow! This day is fabulous and means so much to me.. I have always known what Easter was and what it stood for. Of course as a little girl it meant that the Easter Bunny was coming and bringing me a basket full of goodies and of course I got to dress up and go to church but then later on in life I focused on the day as just a Holiday and got to get a new dress and wear it to church like a fashion show and then later after I had the boys we started the Easter Bunny tradition as well but I also knew there was more to it and I wanted my kids to know it just was not about the basket full of goodies, the dying of the eggs and the dress up, I wanted them to know that God sent his son his only son to die on the cross for our sins and how he was put in the tomb after he died and after 3 days he rose again. Of course they were little and did not really understand but I can say TODAY at almost 16 and 13 they know the TRUE meaning of Easter and we celebrate that our Lord and Savior is Alive and guides us everyday. I am so thankful that they do understand and I am so thankful that they both have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ!!I was talking to a friend of mine the other day and I was telling her that this year the meaning of Easter really really hit me personally. I can not relate to the LOVE that Christ has showed us by sending His one and only Son to die on the cross for us for me, when I am describing this to someone it just amazes me that HE died for us but if it was just ME or YOU he would have done it anyway.. wow that is true love! When you think of your own child would you send your child to take that sacrifice? That is True Love! I am blessed! It really hits me personally when I think of Him on the cross and all HE went thru.. He took it for me! That is TRUE LOVE! After he died they took his body off of the cross and wrapped it in linen and put him in a tomb and rolled a heavy heavy stone in front of the tomb, after the third day they came back and the stone was rolled away and the body was gone, do you know why it was not there? Because HE said HE would come back and rise again, HE promised and HIS word is TRUE. Thank you Lord for coming back to live with me every single day, every single second to guide and direct me, to love me like no other, to be my best friend, to be my Savior, to be my KING, to be my EVERYTHING! I truly can not comprehend how people do not believe, I just can't even go there, I can not understand why you would not want a personal relationship with HIM. What do you have to lose? Do you know GOD? Do you believe in GOD? Do you believe GOD? or do you just know the Easter story that someone told you?? I also look at Easter as Renewed, Refreshed,A New Start.. Easter always takes place in the Spring time, when you think of Spring , you think of Sunshine, New Growth, Green Grass, Brightly colored flowers, Blue Skies, New Blooms on Trees, Baby Animals, New Life a whole New Start And that's what HE promises us when we have a personal relationship with HIM.. I just want to say Thank you Lord for your amazing love, your amazing grace, and all that you do for me and bless me, I want to Glorify you in all I do and say and I want to share your word and your love. If you just know the Easter story and would like to know more and would like to have a personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe, get in touch with me and I will introduce you to HIM! For those of you who do have that personal relationship with Jesus Christ, my prayer is that you would continue to grow deeper with HIM and Glorify Him every single day with your actions and your words..I beg you to teach your children about Jesus Christ instead of the Easter Bunny, just a FYI he brings baskets full of goodies every single day not just once a year.. Have a Blessed day and thanks for making us a part of your day!! Lots to come with Raising The Ray Boys!!!