Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize…1 Corinthians 9:24.
I love celebrating Easter!
I love attending church service on Easter morning!
I love hearing pastors preach the good news…that Jesus Christ died on
the cross for our sins and rose from the grave three days later!
I love knowing the truth behind this message…that all of those who ask
Jesus Christ into their hearts as Lord and Savior will spend eternity with Him!
This is the greatest message that each of us will ever hear!
And after attending church service, I love spending time with family!
I am filled with great joy when it works out for all of us to gather
together to enjoy an Easter lunch/dinner as a family!
I am so thankful and praise our Heavenly Father that each of my children
and their spouses know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and are teaching their
children about Jesus!
Having the assurance that my family is walking with the Lord, we look
forward to participating (and with much enthusiasm I might add) in many of fun
activities associated with Easter!
Coloring eggs…and yes, with six little ones…it can be challenging to
make sure that no colored water gets spilt…and no eggs are dropped and cracked!
Watching the little ones scurry across the yard to gather Easter eggs melts
this Gammy’s heart!
And making sure that not too much candy is popped into little mouths
when mamas and daddies aren’t watching can be a full-time job!
And watching my sweet grandchildren excitedly pull items out of their
Easter baskets is such a blessing!
And this year we started a new family tradition!
An Easter Egg Hunt for the big kids (aka…my adult children)!
I am so thankful that we did the adult egg hunt separate from the little
ones…I’m afraid my darling grandchildren may have been left behind trying to
keep up with their mama’s and daddy’s!
As you can see…my older children took this seriously!
My husband and I laughed as we watched our adult children racing across
the yard…trying to choose and gather the eggs that might be filled with the best
treasures!
Mind you…their eggs were filled with more than just candy!
To make it a little more exciting…dollars and gift cards were hidden in
some of the eggs along with candy!
And though each big kid found treasures, I think Bekah and Rachel might
have scored big time this year!
However, Jay and Tori won big too!
They had 4 of the 6 gift cards!
As I watched my children dashing across the yard (and it appears might
have even challenged each other a little during the hunt)….
I was reminded of God’s word… Do
you not know that in a race all the runners run, but
only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize…1 Corinthians 9:24.
In 1 Corinthians, Paul was referring to games that took place near
Corinth every two years!
Paul also knew that those who took part in the games had to train hard
for about ten months prior to the event!
Those participating in the games knew it would not benefit them to slack
off during their time of training!
They needed to be prepared for what lay ahead of them!
As Christians, we also need to run/train in a similar way so that we too
may receive the prize.
My competitive children definitely illustrated runners running in such a
way to receive the prize on Sunday!
However, the rewards my children sought during their fun were temporary,
and have no lasting value (just a lot of fun for all of them)!!
The rewards Christians receive for running a good race are eternal…getting
to spend eternity in Heaven.
So let us run the race in such a way that we receive the eternal prize!
And maybe we should run with as much enthusiasm and intensity as my big
kids J
Dear Heavenly Father! Thank you for the message that we hear on
Easter! Thank you for sending your
son…and for raising him from death! Help
each of us to run in such a way that we receive the prize!
Our Family
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