The other morning
my sweet chubby (almost) 2 yr old came waddling into the dinning room
where I was busy typing away on the computer.
She tugged insistently on my arm and when I looked down
I saw that she was proudly sporting her tutu.
She looked up at me with her big bright eyes and said one simple word
“dance”

Yippee!
You are 3 today!
(or as you say it “I free!”)

You are so very beautiful
full of life
and most definitely the comedian of the family.
You constantly have us laughing….
at the serious way you tell your stories
at your crazy expressions
and just by hearing your laugh!
It’s contagious.

It can eat me alive.
It can be like a cancer.
It can start small and quickly spread like wildfire.
It can be contagious.
It can overwhelm.

But it can be overcome.
We can actually give it away and receive peace in return.
A peace that surpasses all human understanding.
A peace that we can rest in.

‘Do not worry about anything, instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.’ Philippians 4:6-7

So that’s it?
All I have to do is pray about it, and I will experience God’s peace?
Why then do I insist on struggling with worry…..

I’m embarrassed to write this, but in the past I have been guilty of letting Easter be about bunnies, eggs, chocolate, family and celebrating together….and oh ya, it’s also about Jesus (it pains me to admit, but He definitely took a backseat to the rest of the list.)

This year though, my heart is raw with anticipation. I’m not sure if I can even properly explain it. I am just so overwhelmed at the thought of what Jesus did for us.

I can barely see through my tears at the computer screen as I type this.

He sacrificed Himself with unimaginable pain and suffering just to make a way so that we could be near Him.
That is love. That is grace. That is beautiful.

He choose death, so that we might live.

Now stop and let that sink in.