Simple words from a Granddaughter

I hope each one of you had a great day yesterday in Easter praise, worship, and spending time with family and friends.  Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our daily work loads and activities around us that it takes the simple words from a granddaughter to bring things back into place.

On Friday my son was off work as the Good Friday holiday and he was spending the time at home with his family.  You see my son has some traits in him that are like me.  He normally puts in long hours each week and so having dedicated time with the family makes it tough to arrange. I am so proud of him because he does a fantastic job at every level of spending time with his family.

At the end of the day when it was time for his daughters to go to bed he tells them a story and is with them for their prayers.  On Friday night he told the story of why we have Good Friday and for the real story of Easter in a simple story.

The best I can recall the conversation, he told his oldest they give him time off work for remembering what Jesus did for each one of us.  My Granddaughter immediately went to her knees and said, "Thank you Jesus for Easter and my daddy having the time off".  My son then said, "It is because of Jesus birth that I get Christmas off".  Without breaking stride my granddaughter said, "Thank you Jesus for Christmas too."

That is one of the more interesting things for a child to thank Jesus for, but her mind knew that it was in these celebrations that her Daddy got some rest and was able to spend time with her.  We all should have that much passion for each other to be concerned and connect time together with Thanking the Lord.

For each one of us, Jesus is saying, "I gave my life so you could have freedom and joy in your life".  All He wants in return is for you to say, "Thank You for thinking of me and what I did to have that relationship with you".

When all is said and done can you be like my granddaughter and just say "Thank you Jesus for Easter"?

Or are you too busy to get that personal with Him?