Easter Sunday and Miss M's 4th birthday - alot to cram in but again, we managed. It was the best Easter service ever. I love the music at DD's church - Like Third Day and Toby Mac style and yesterday, Pastor Doug brought his old friend along who happens to have been the keyboardist for the Steve Miller Band. When you look at Pastor Doug, you wouldn't imagine he knows as many rockers as he does. The music along with his sermon made it, the perfect Easter.
On to the festivities - no rest for the weary. By the time we got to Aunt BeBe's the Easter egg hunt was on. Uncle Blake had hid 138 eggs...or so he counted. The guy is a math genius but when we counted the found eggs at the end and came up with about 15more than he counted, we were a bit concerned. Trying to avoid Uncle Richard from mowing any plastic eggs with dollar bills still in them.
The Princess had a wonderful day and in all her princess finest, played with her pink baseball glove and ran her little heart out. The Hello Kitty pinata was a great success and they each went home with enough candy to feed a small country.
Throughout the day Pastor Doug's words kept coming back to mind. He talked about Easter as the completion of the Christmas Story and what it really means in our lives.
The reason you come to church every week is Easter. He is dead on right. Whether we like the pastor or not, whether we like SS or not, none of that matters. Without Easter, there is no point in coming to church EVER. Simple concept and I will be reminding myself next week when the time comes. The reason I am going to church is only, and I mean only, Easter. Either He did or He didn't - that is the only question we have to settle in our minds...after that, it is all about Easter.
It was the greatest Easter ever and the best 4th Birthday of Miss Morgan Sydney Smith ever. I am a very lucky girl...
