First off, Happy Easter!  I hope you are all enjoying some time with your families & friends this weekend.

In speaking to a group of ministers, Fred Craddock noted the importance of being faithful in the little things of life.  He said:  “To give my life for Christ appears glorious.  To pour myself out for others. . .to pay the ultimate price of martyrdom – I’ll do it.  I’m ready, Lord, to go out in a blaze of glory.”

“We think giving our all to the Lord is like taking a $1000 bill and laying on the table – ‘Here’s my life, Lord.  I’m giving it all.’

“But the reality for most of us is that tHe sends us to the bank and has us cash in the $1000 for quarters.  We go through life putting out 25 cents here and 50 cents there.  Listen to the neighbor kid’s troubles instead of saying, ‘Get lost.’  Go to a committee meeting.  Give a cup of water to a shaky old man in a nursing home.

“Usually giving our life to Christ isn’t glorious.  It’s done in all those little acts of love, 25 cents at a time.  It would be easy to go out in a flash of glory; it’s harder to live the Christian life little by little over the long haul.”

This devotional, from God’s Little Devotional Book for Women, really reminds me of one of the reasons I started stamping in the first place.  So many people go through life ignored, lonely, feeling worthless.  It’s not hard for me just to pull a card out of my stash, stick a stamp on it and mail it to someone.  We never know fully the consequences of our actions, but if we are willing to give 25 cents (or 44 cents for a stamp) at a time, that is when we really start giving our whole life to Christ.

This weekend would be a great time to start picking one person a week to send a card to for any reason other than a holiday or birthday.  You could even sit down with your family and have everyone stamp 1 card to mail this week.

I think Easter weekend, as we celebrate Christ giving his life for us, we should commit to giving our lives back to Him, 25 cents at a time.