Missing Easter Service

It is no secret, up until last year, I was walking as a lukewarm Chrisitan. I knew about Christ, but to say I had a relationship with Him at the time would be stretching it. This was the first year that Easter felt exciting and personal to me. Easter has always been an important day to remember Christ’s resurrection from the grave, but because I share a personal relationship with Him and am in constant walk with Him, it felt different this year. In the week prior to Easter, I was filled with a lot of excitement and anticipation. I was so eager to get in the Word, but I was also yearning to be in fellowship with believers and celebrate our risen Savior. 

The night before Easter, I was awoken from my very peaceful sleep by the cries of my eldest daughter. In between her coughs, she tries to explain in a raspy voice that her throat hurts. I decided to keep her up for a while and I realized that she might have croup. "This cannot be happening," I thought to myself. My heart drops. I know that Easter service is no longer an option. I am not going to lie; I threw a mega pity party. This is exactly what the enemy wanted me to feel. He wanted me to give up, walk away defeated, and turn my gaze from Christ. It was in the midst of the pity party that I understood that I needed to seek scripture. I could not go through the rest of the day feeling this way. I decided to jump into my daily devotional. This devotional had nothing to do with Easter or reading the Bible chronologically or anything like that. I picked up the Word and began reading the scriptures. The first part of my devotional was on Joshua and the second part was all about Luke 24. Luke 24 talks about Jesus’ resurrection and ascension. What a beautiful time to sit and read about Jesus's resurrection when I am in the midst of feeling sorry for myself over the fact that I cannot go to church and read about the resurrection. So, God shook me out of my sulking and reminded me that I can worship Him anywhere! Don’t hear what I'm not saying, let me be clear: We must be in fellowship with other believers, but sometimes our circumstances require us to meet Him where we are. Easter is not about me, it is about Christ, our risen Savior.

Lord, thank you for the ability to worship you wherever I am.