Fwd: Prepare Heart & Home for Easter

[Dimphina Pereira]

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Lessons Learned From a Swept Floor The broom swished over the tile and I wondered how many times I'd swept this exact tile, this exact corner of the room. It would depend, I thought, on how often this particular tile was exposed from underneath a sofa or chair. Maybe I've been sweeping it for the last 4 months, but before that? Maybe it had been a few years because it resided darkly beneath a love seat. Sweep, swish, dustpan. It's the same tile, with the same semi-grungy grout: cleaner at the edges of the room than in higher trafficked areas. It's the same room that we've cried in, laughed in, sang in and slept in front of the television in. And for the most part, it houses the same furniture it did seven years ago. Sweep, swish, think, dustpan. How many times has the property in my heart been rearranged? It's been moved, shoved, cleaned by life. Betrayals, indiscretions, hurts, iron-sharpening-iron. CLICK HERE to read the rest of Sarah's story: Lessons Learned From a Swept Floor, how God prepared her heart as she was preparing her home for Easter. Sarah Markley writes at www.saramarkley.com, and she's a regular contributor to DaySpring's blog (in)courage.

Family Activity: A Repentance Box Our Box of Repentances, preparing our hearts for Easter, is tucked into a corner of our Peace Retreat - because what peace is there without peace with God? As the day rolls out, and snags here and there, we find ourselves, Mama and Dad, big kids and little, taking a moment to confess our sins on small cards, slipping them into our box of repentances. In this practice we are experiencing it afresh: Confessing sins is a cleansing, emancipating grace. Come Easter morning... we'll burn up our cards of sins confessed. Because they are, astoundingly, no more, because of Christ who did it all. "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins." Isaiah 43:25 CLICK HERE to read more from Ann about her family's Repentance Box activity in preparation for Easter. Ann Voskamp writes at A Holy Experience. She is the author of the bestselling book One Thousand Gifts, and a contributor to DaySpring's blog (in)courage.

Devotions for Easter Rejoice! "...As Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." Romans 6:4 Devotions on Jesus & Preparation for Easter We have been sharing a second Devotional Email every Wednesday with messages focused on Jesus, the Cross, His Resurrection, and the New Life we celebrate this season. We invite you to join us in preparation of a Christ-filled Easter, and to help us share the hope of Jesus with others. CLICK HERE for Week 1: Jesus is Hope CLICK HERE for Week 2: The Resurrection and The Life CLICK HERE for Week 3: Jesus - Light of the World {Free Printable}

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