Happy Easter! Well, our Easter has been a little low key, as the entire Toney family is sick (except for us) and so we cancelled our family get together. My sister is in town, so the four of us (Michael, Chandra, Raylee and me) went to church and to brunch. This made me a little sad, because I am use to big family holiday celebration, but it also made me realize that the reason we celebrate Easter has nothing to do with Easter egg hunts, Easter baskets, or really even family celebrations. It has everything to do with Jesus! As our pastor said this morning, "The resurrection is the only thing that matters!" Our entire faith is built around this one occurrence, and there is factual evidence to back up our beliefs. For those that don't believe that Jesus is God, then it is false and rather presumptuous to claim that he was just a "moral leader." If Jesus was only a man, then he was either a legend, a liar, or a lunatic. He could not have been just a moral teacher, because he claimed his own divinity, and liars are never considered "moral." He wasn't crazy, or he wouldn't have been respected, and he wasn't a legend because history (secular history) proves he lived. Therefore, he is our Lord! This is THE most important decision we can make in our lives...our faith. If you haven't taken the time to consider and ponder this concept, please take this holiday and find some time to figure out the real reason behind our celebration. Most of my ideas here were taken from the Watermark sermon by Todd Wagner (watermarkcommunity.org). You can check out his other sermons (or this one) on the website.
Ok, so I am done "preaching" and I now I want to brag on my little one. We went to church for the first time since she was born (six weeks ago) and she was so great! She slept the whole time, and was also adorable in her Easter outfit. Here are some pics!
