I officially decorated for Easter yesterday, and while I’m happy that Easter comes late this year, thus hopefully bringing good weather that befits pretty Easter dresses, it was difficult to wait so long to decorate. Last year Philip stated that he felt certain this was the Easter Bunny’s secret residence, and this year is no different, and I haven’t even made an Easter trip to Hobby Lobby yet!
I’m trying to immerse myself in this season, focusing on the death and resurrection of Christ. It’s sad and extremely revealing to me how easily I’m distracted, and how easily I come up with excuses for why I don’t follow through with my commitment to one hour of time spent with God. I even have a book that is broken up into forty days and has journal questions and ideas for prayers in each chapter! When I’m pregnant, I like to use pregnancy as an excuse for many things (I find it to be a handy excuse, and one that I think I’ve earned, considering all that comes along with pregnancy!), but I cannot use it for not coming to God daily, hourly, with my prayers, my praise and my devotion.
My dear friend Nita reminded me yesterday what an awesome responsibility we have to our children when we consider that their souls are eternal, meaning that a part of them will exist forever. Well, crap. That is a huge responsibility, and one that I’m certain God does not take lightly, so neither should I. I don’t mean to, of course, but I do, especially when looking after their eternal souls gets in the way of something I want to do. And this is just another reason why I have to run to God every day, every minute.
So what are you reading for Lent, or to prepare yourself for Easter?
On a different note, I had to give Justus a bottle with chocolate milk in it tonight, because I drank all of the milk. With my Oreos. I also ate an entire canister of Pringles. And I barely made it through my two hour bible study this morning at church because I was so hungry I thought I was was going to lose it. This does not bode well, since I’m only a few weeks along. And also because there are three other people in this house who need to eat! Nita made me dinner on Monday, and it was this special rice and chicken, and I sort of forced her to make it again for me last night. She made an extra large portion so I could have leftovers for a few meals. It’s all gone. It might already be time for someone to stage an intervention….
I hope everyone is happy and well and ready to enjoy their weekend!
