Monday, April 16, 2012

Host of Giggles...

Easter 2012 for the Harless Crew looked a little like this.....



We spent the week at the beach with my mom and sister.  It was absolutely marvelous.  The boys are BEACH BUMS and I enjoyed watching them take it all in.  We were able to attend Easter Sunday beach side and that was just breathtaking.  It gave you a different perspective on such a special day.  I told Wes that I could get used to going to church on the beach every Sunday... and he said "couldn't we ALL"!  The sermon was lovely and to be able sit back in your beach chair while the ocean crashed on the beach and the wind on your face... it was if God was kissing your cheek.  An incredible experience!  We did have 2 hiccups during the service... the pastor made a reference to Krispy Kreme donuts at one point and York looked up from his castle building and yelled "UMM Yummy yummy in my tummy!" ... followed by a host of giggles from the crowd.  Then Perry decided to "talk to a man about a dog" (as Mr. Harless likes to sometimes call going to the bathroom) with full on grunting.  That also was followed by a host of giggles from surrounding church goers.  We definitely made an impression on others around us and hope we didn't interfere with their worship too badly.  It was a non traditional Easter but a much needed one.  I think we get caught up in knowing the Easter and Christmas stories so well we become complacent while hearing the same message each year.  We go through the motions and find it far too easy to fall into this cycle.  Jesus died for our sins... simple enough -right!?  Christ died for our sins, was buried, then rose on the third day.  We all know the basics.  But what we forget is how important the resurrection actually is.  His resurrection proved all of the things he claimed.  (He claimed to save lost souls, that he was the Son of God, that he had authority to forgive sin, etc.)  Romans 1:4 He was "declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of the holiness, by the RESURRECTION from the dead."  The resurrection also shows God's acceptance of the sacrifice of Christ.  We (I) need to put more stress on the fact that we serve a RISEN/ LIVING Savior.  His resurrection guarantees my eternal life and the fact that I will one day join him in paradise.  What a message... a message that sometimes gets lost in all of the "fluff" we try to saturate the holidays with.  My hope is that the boys and I will hold fast to the important "stuff" and not the "fluff".  Happy belated EASTER friends.

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