Hey friends and Family,
As you guys know this past weekend was Easter weekend and despite this week being finals week, I decided I wanted to go home to celebrate with my family. This past weekend was one of the best weekends, I was able to spend most of my time catching up with a lot of friends and family as well as attending my home church’s service. I attend a non-denominational church while the rest of my family goes to a Catholic church. I appreciate how my parents’ hearts have softened overtime and are accepting that I made my home church a different one than theirs, but I do wish we could go to church together. In the past, I always would attend my parents’ church for holidays, though over time I feel as though my parents’ support and understanding for me wanting to go to a church I feel more spiritually filled at has grown. This was going to be my first holiday service at a church I have called my home for the past two years and I was beyond excited but wish I could share this moment with my family. For a while, I grew sad seeing families sit together wishing my family shared a common denomination. Don’t get me wrong I am beyond grateful that my parents allow me to go to my home church and I am so happy that they attend church as well but it would be nice to sit with them. Though this weekend I was especially saddened because Easter is a time I wanted with my family. Though my friend Alissa invited me to go with her and her family to service. I genuinely think she thought nothing of it but words cannot begin to express how much I appreciated this. Every time I arrive at my home church the sweet girls I had the amazing opportunity to disciple as a small group leader never fail to embrace me in a hug. Their actions always remind me that I am at home. At service during worship, I just looked around and saw hundreds of people praising Christ. At that moment I realized that family is not limited to those who raise you for we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. The joy in being surrounded by so many brothers and sisters worshiping Christ is only small in comparison to the joy of heaven. Plus my parents and I may attend different buildings but there aren’t different churches for there is only one true church and that church is so much more than a building. Easter is a holiday to celebrate Christ’s sacrifice for us and the fact that He conquered death. Christ has risen and for that reason, we rejoice. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.
