Our Easter weekend started early on Good Friday. Both Brandon and I had the day off, and we enjoyed it by sleeping in and going to Springfield to do some shopping later on that evening.
On Saturday, I got up at a decent hour and conducted my weekly Saturday chores. I had to get up and a decent hour because we had plans with my Mom's family later on. We left our house (with Chester!!!) at around 1pm and got to my Grandmas about an hour later. We had great food, great fun, and great laughter!
On Sunday, Brandon and I went to church! I know I go on and on about us and church, but church and our spiritual relationship is something that is immensely important to me. So, please put up with my ramblings once again. We've talked and talked about going to church. Here lately, I've been so sick of just talking about it; I wanted to experience going to church once again rather than just talk about going. In one of my posts, I revealed how I became enlightened and God answered my year-long prayer. For those who don't know, I began praying to God to give me an answer about church. I grew up Church of Christ for 20 years. However, I never "felt" anything by worshipping at that type of church. I went to several different Churches of Christ and not once did I feel the Holy Spirit fill up my soul. I knew I was supposed to be filled up and thought if I studied harder that the Spirit would fill my soul, but I was wrong. For reasons I won't go into right now (because it would make this post LONGER than it should be), I stopped attending church. After going to different denominations with friends and family members, I finally did feel the Spirit fill my soul! Because of that feeling, I knew from then on that I needed to pray to God to answer a question, "Should I go to the Church of Christ just to satisfy my parents or should I seek elsewhere to satisfy my soul?" After a year of praying hard for strength, knowledge, and acceptance, my prayers were answered. God allowed my heart and soul to have relief and to know that I should seek a church where I can call home and where Brandon and I can build a strong relationship with God. To wrap things up... We ended up attending the First Free Will Baptist Church. It was amazing. I loved how passionate everyone was about worshipping God, Jesus, and the Spirit. Since we went on Easter Sunday, I know the service was a little different than what it normally is; therefore, I can't wait to go back next Sunday!
Today has been a lazy day here at the Reeds'. I spent all day in my pajamas, as planned! ;) Brandon and I watched the movie 'Sherlock Holmes', and I must say, it was rather good! I highly recommend it to everyone! After the movie, Brandon got around and mowed the yard. It was really needing it, but now, it's lookin' good! While Brandon was mowing the yard, I made dinner, and now we are watching the NCAA college basketball game between Duke and Butler. I haven't really been into college basketball this year. It's probably because my bracket fell completely apart, as it did for so many others, after the 2nd round.
I hope everyone has a great week! GOD BLESS!
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