What's Up Everybody & Happy Resurrection Sunday! "Happy Birthday Dad aka Cool Jake!
When I was younger, Easter was the day, that I knew my sisters and I were getting new clothes for church. You see, a new suit (for myself or new dresses for my sisters), was a symbol for "out with the old and in with new". My parents may not have had much, but they made sure we went to Sears and picked out a fresh new look for church on Sunday. On the eve of Easter Sunday, I (as I'm sure we all did), laid my suit out, with my new tie and new patten leather shoes. MC Hammer couldn't touch ME, I was too sharp. Those were my younger years!
During my 20's, Easter Sunday was a day to go to church and complain about how crowded it was from all the "once a year" saints & aint's, taking up all the pews from the regular members. Though I was a little older, I still had to be dressed to impress, for the symbol still stood. "Out with the old and in with the new"! It's just now a days, I'm buying my own gear, and not relying on mom & dad to come out of pocket.
Now that I'm in my 30's, Resurrection Sunday, takes on a whole new light for me. It's the same old story and catch phrase, just the meaning behind it becomes a lot more clear. "Out with the old and in with the new"! The Lord, gave his only Son, to die for our sins (the old), only to rise again 3 days later, to show we are forgiven (the new). We all fall and come short of the glory, but because He rose, and left that tomb empty, God gives us the chance to release our old way of life and except the new.
Even church on Easter Sunday is revealed to me a little different now. As I stated above, in my 20's, I complained that the "once a year or O.A.Y" people took up space from the regular members. Now that my eyes are a little wider and my mind became a little wiser, the saying "out with the old and in with the new", still applies. If it takes Easter Sunday to bring in a new flock, who am I to judge. Let the old members embrace the O.A.Y's that come in and worship, who knows, a few of them may even become a "regular". So I won't complain, that your taking up my pew space. Now, when that time comes and you need someone to walk with you to the alter, look behind you, I'm already standing and will walk with you!
Happy Easter Everyone, from my household to yours!
Boog
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