Yesterday was phenomenal at MBC!! I don't think anyone who was there could say they missed Easter this year. We were packed to the ceiling with people who were there to worship and celebrate the resurrection. I loved how Eddie didn't do the typical Easter message but stayed in 1John and presented the gospel from the standpoint of God's great love which is the joyous part of Easter that Christ loved us so much He laid down His life and then picked it back up again!!
Eddie and I talked so much about how special Easter is and it's always been my favorite day on the calendar however there's also this side of it that we should celebrate the truth of the resurrection every day. What if we lived every day with the confident assurance that Christ is alive and active and working in and through our lives to bring about His good purpose? What if every Sunday we went to church to celebrate and worship like we did on Easter? What if we were busy throughout every week inviting others to come to church because the gospel was going to be shared? What if every seat was filled in our church every Sunday? I'm thinking we would begin to see a huge difference in not only our own lives but in the lives of those we rub elbows with every day. What if...
Quickly want to share with you...we were in Louisburg for Stephen's tournament Friday and Saturday. On Saturday when Jessica and I walked through the gate, a dear older man was taking up the money. He had his bible there and his radio was playing with a man preaching. I asked him if he was ready for Easter and ohhhh did he take it from there. He began to talk about how if it wasn't for Easter everything was in vain and it was just one of the sweetest moments of my Easter weekend. He didn't care how loud that radio was playing with that preaching coming through, he meant for everybody to hear. Praying for that kind of boldness to increase among God's people. And while we are on that subject, just gotta give a shoutout to my boy John and several others who chose God music for their baseball walkup songs this year. Several of our South Aiken boys did it but I also heard it from other teams we have played as well as a few college boys this weekend. For those of you who don't know how big that is...WALKUP SONGS are HUGE to baseball boys. It's a way of describing themselves, a slight pic of who they are. If they can choose those kinds of songs in front of teammates, peers, community people...I'm just saying they are HEROES and have a lot to teach some of us!!!
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