My friends this is Easter weekend. For some they will only give thoughts to the Easter bunny and what he will bring but for our family and so many inconceivable number of families our thoughts will go to Jesus and how He carried our sins to the cross and then rose again. He gave His life so that I, you, could have our sins wiped away. Talk about sacrifice! Talk about doing something "out of the norm". Talk about L-O-V-E!!
Each of my 10 children have given me another gift and that is love from Jesus Himself. God chose me to be the mommy of my children and He chose to call Mason home once he had completed the purpose God designed him for. It is not hard to be the mommy of my children because I LOVE them. There is sacrifice, sure but it is not true sacrifice!! I no longer put my time, money, and energy into things I once did. Sleep is not always uninterrupted. Bathroom time is merely code talk for "hey everyone let's come spend time with Mommy!" I drive Big Bertha (12 passenger van) instead of my sleek, 12 cup holder, bun warming, multi cd deck mini van. Sacrifice?! NO!! Blessings! The real sacrifice came from Jesus. I am merely trying my best to follow His lead and care for the least of these.
I was reading my friend, Julia Nalle's, blog tonight and she had posted about a mom who set up a challenge for us this Easter weekend. A small challenge to sacrifice when you compare it to the sacrifice of Jesus, but nonetheless a very important and life changing sacrifice. She wants to see older children with no money in their grant fund make it to at least $20 each by Easter and then she will match dollar for dollar the amount donated to bring the children up to $20. I myself was burdened for these children. Yes, we are still in the process of trying to bring our sons home but how, HOW, could I ignore these precious faces? I could not so I checked to see who had not made it to $20 and we donated. It was not a lot of money but God never said we had to be grand in what we do He just wants us to DO!
May I continue this challenge? May I ask you to sacrifice your Starbucks, Sonic drink, movie ticket so that one of these precious children can have a chance? I would love to see if we can get these angels up to $30 by Easter. Each child. $30. For some that is only a couple dollars. For others it may be $5. At first I though about offering a prize with names entered into a drawing for those who donate but then I stopped and thought this is not about "getting something". It is about "GIVING something". SACRIFICE. Think about what Jesus' sacrifice has meant for you and I and then think about what your sacrifice will mean for one of the children listed.
Each of my 10 children have given me another gift and that is love from Jesus Himself. God chose me to be the mommy of my children and He chose to call Mason home once he had completed the purpose God designed him for. It is not hard to be the mommy of my children because I LOVE them. There is sacrifice, sure but it is not true sacrifice!! I no longer put my time, money, and energy into things I once did. Sleep is not always uninterrupted. Bathroom time is merely code talk for "hey everyone let's come spend time with Mommy!" I drive Big Bertha (12 passenger van) instead of my sleek, 12 cup holder, bun warming, multi cd deck mini van. Sacrifice?! NO!! Blessings! The real sacrifice came from Jesus. I am merely trying my best to follow His lead and care for the least of these.
I was reading my friend, Julia Nalle's, blog tonight and she had posted about a mom who set up a challenge for us this Easter weekend. A small challenge to sacrifice when you compare it to the sacrifice of Jesus, but nonetheless a very important and life changing sacrifice. She wants to see older children with no money in their grant fund make it to at least $20 each by Easter and then she will match dollar for dollar the amount donated to bring the children up to $20. I myself was burdened for these children. Yes, we are still in the process of trying to bring our sons home but how, HOW, could I ignore these precious faces? I could not so I checked to see who had not made it to $20 and we donated. It was not a lot of money but God never said we had to be grand in what we do He just wants us to DO!
May I continue this challenge? May I ask you to sacrifice your Starbucks, Sonic drink, movie ticket so that one of these precious children can have a chance? I would love to see if we can get these angels up to $30 by Easter. Each child. $30. For some that is only a couple dollars. For others it may be $5. At first I though about offering a prize with names entered into a drawing for those who donate but then I stopped and thought this is not about "getting something". It is about "GIVING something". SACRIFICE. Think about what Jesus' sacrifice has meant for you and I and then think about what your sacrifice will mean for one of the children listed.
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