Lent and Easter

We're one week into the Lenten season. Easter will be here soon! Many of you know that in our family, celebrating Lent and Easter is just as important as celebrating Advent and Christmas. We've done our decorating and are working hard to bring Isaac and Simon the gospel through daily devotions and crafts.

So here's my committment to you all. Until Easter, I will be posting daily, as much as I can, things that we have prepared and are doing with our family for Easter. I want to be an encouragement to you to bring Easter into your home the way we do Christmas. This isn't meant to be a "look how good we are" but truly, be a resource and encouragement to you. God has been good and gracious to us in giving us a vision in our parenting and we're thankful to Him. And we recognize that, though we may have fun crafts and devotions, it's ultimately the Holy Spirit that will bring our boys to faith. However, we want to be obedient to God's command to us in Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

One of the greatest treasures in teaching our children about Christ's death and resurrection is that God uses it in our lives and hearts as well. As we teach our children, God is teaching our hearts the depth of what was done for us. Praise Him!

Again, we hope that we can be an encouragement for you to make Easter special in your home!