Well, I haven’t written in a bit and I was thinking today about why that is.  I could blame it on writers block or being too busy and those would be somewhat true but really I have been trying to get into the Easter spirit.  Sadly to say with out much luck.  I could blame that on a number of things.  All the finger pointing though would be unjustified.  Truthfully I just haven’t gotten there.  I was struck the other day with the realization that Easter is tomorrow.  I work for a Christian bookstore, and a Church.  You would think that I would have been in the spirit a few months ago. 

I know all the stories of Easter.  The radical, life changing truths of this season are not lost.  What I missed though was finding the intimacy with God that I find myself at this 11th hour (literally and figuratively) longing for.

I was out at lunch on Friday with some of the guys from church and one of them noticed that another one of the guys was particularly quiet.  When Jeff (the first guy) mentioned it Steve (the second guy) said that his life group had taken communion a couple of nights earlier and it had left him in a pretty somber state.   I felt this piece of me scream “I WANT THAT!!!”

I want to be rocked to my knees tomorrow.  I want to be overcome with the knowledge that I was bought by blood.  I want to fall in such deep love with my creator that everything else seems worthless.  I want to live with that knowledge everyday at the front of my mind.  I want to see the same for others.  I want to see those far from God brought crashing to their knees.  I want to see amazing life changes happen. 

I will be at church early tomorrow (nothing new).  I am going to spend some time in prayer and then go on with my usual preparations. 

Join me in praying that got really rocks Holden, Ma and Fellowship Church.

Peace,

Billy