This story is about a
single mom with five kids. Easter
was one day away, and she had yet to fill the Easter basket for her
children. She only had one that
they could share. So she got the
eggs, and some small goodies, and then she remembered. Easter grass! She didn’t have any! So she ran to the store on the Saturday
before Easter, and they are all out.
She ran to another store, same thing. She went to every dollar store that she thought might have
some, but no one did. She had
waited too long. She returned home
feeling really bad. She wanted a
special basket so much for her children.
She said, "God, what am I going to do?" In her distress, and still trying to
figure out how to make their basket look “grassy” there was a knock on the
door. There stood the neighbor’s
boy, with a plate of Easter cookies.
He said, "My mom thought you might like some cookies." Her
eyes almost popped out of her head, and her eyes filled with tears. Not so much
because she had a plate of cookies, but because underneath the cookies, on the
plate, was a pile of green Easter grass!
She believed God smiled as she took that grass and excitedly put it in on
her children’s basket, and filled it then with the others treats she had put
away. She would never forget that moment!
What are the Easter
moments in your life that you will never forget? Like the time you found your
first Easter egg hidden against a tree in your backyard. Or, the news that your
baby with a defective heart could be healed with surgery and live a normal
life.
There are many
Easter moments where God helps us find the joy and happiness that brings us
peace. Today, Christ is risen. So too, our grandparents and parents, our
sisters and brothers and all who have died for we believe that “love is
stronger than death.”
Come to think of it,
if God can find a little Easter grass for a good mother trying to make Easter
special for her children; how much more will your Heavenly Mother bring you the
joy that comes with the Resurrection.
Lord, I pray for all
my Sonshine Friends that despite another snowy, cold day on this Easter
morning, our hearts are filled with the warmth of your promise of eternal love.
A Blessed Easter to all my Sonshine Friend! Fr. Matt
