For Me

So the other night during dinner we were talking about Easter and The Passion. (Every year, Wes watches it nightly the week leading up to Easter Sunday). Wes suddenly became overwhelmed with emotion. Like everybody-stop-and-stare-in-curious-wonder kind of emotion. His silly side usually dominates over his sensitive one so you can imagine the confusion in our boys.

After a moment he mumbled, “He let them beat him...and He didn’t even know us.”

He was crucified. With me inmind. Not knowing the hurt I would cause his heart. And though my life was, and is, unworthy of such sacrifice, He let them beat him.

You see. I don’t have to tell you how busy our life is. Especially this season. We are forever grateful for the busy, but like everyone, the formalities of this week each year look different. This week is usually full of late night practices and baseball games, for Wes and for Mac. School, Easter egg hunts, running around looking for those perfectly coordinated outfits and baskets. We talk to our kids about Easter. They know the TRUE meanings of all holidays. But in the rush of all our responsibilities, I am guilty of not always making the time for those life-altering moments.

But this year, we were having dinner. Together. At a table. All. Of. Us. And the quiet of this week brought forth an opportunity to show our kids a vulnerability. A brokenness that may have been stepped over by a busy schedule. A conversation with my 9 year old about his daddy’s tears and what Jesus did for us may not have happened in Wes’s absence.

These days. This time. So fragile. And everyone has an opinion about it. We miss our family and our church. We are grieving time lost with friends, school, and Wes’s players. But today (and tomorrow, and the next day) I am rejoicing in the moments found in the quiet. The humbleness displayed in my husband’s heart. And the Sacrifice of a Savior who didn’t even know me, but gave his life with me in mind.

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Hillary Ginn and her husband, Wes, have been married for 15 years. He is in his 18th year of coaching and is the defensive coordinator for football and head baseball coach at Saks High School, in Anniston, AL. They have four boys, McCoy, Murphy, Milo Jack, and Torrance. Hillary is currently enjoying some time as a stay-at-home mom, leading worship at their church, and most recently stepped into the Kid’s Ministry Director position at their church. She loves doing life with other coaches’ wives and the opportunity it provides to “minister” to the lives of players on and off the field.