I greatly appreciate their efforts and to have an opportunity to start Easter weekend by remembering the sacrifice that Christ made for you and me so many years ago. It is challenging, at times, to stay connected to God due to the distractions of life. This was a very meaningful way to reconnect in a deep way with God as we headed into the weekend. I am so thankful for that.
Happy Easter! He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
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What's up!? You post some meaningless blah blah blah and everyone comments... one word about Christ and no comments? Great Post Tod! What a great way to celebrate on Easter. By reflecting on what he did for us, helps us gain perspective on our selfish lives.
I am glad that you were able to celebrate Easter in a memorable way. It brings us to our knees when we think of what Christ did for us and does for us all the time. I a so glad we know the rest of the story!!! Peace ~ Vick
thanks Steve and Vicky. i appreciate your comments.
i have to tell you - the most awesome thing happened Easter and i just heard about it. i have a friend whose name is Aytch (sounds exactly like the letter H). his father (Wally) is 88 years old. i am so happy to tell you Wally prayed to receive Christ over the weekend! how incredibly awesome and amazing is that!
boo-yah!! THAT'S a great Easter!
We had a wonderful Easter Vigil / Agape Feast this year at church. I was so excited the whole day Saturday you would have thought I had already started celebrating. Father Brandon quoted something particularly thoughtful on Good Friday. He said, "We must never shed a tear for Christ on the cross. That is where God intended Him to be, and to mourn Christ's suffering would be to question God's purposes. We should, however, shed a tear for our sins that made His death necessary." In a way, this quote helped free me to rejoice in the cross, to see beyond the its painful surface to the love that is at its heart. It reminds me that God is willing to do whatever it takes to reconcile my relationship to Him, that He wants to and will willingly go to the greatest lengths to free me from that which I cannot free myself from. It also reminds me that Christ calls us to a different way, a new way, the way of the Kingdom of God and not the kingdom of men. It is a challenging way, a way that appears foolish and weak to the world, but it is the only way to true and unending life, and when all is said and done I believe Christ when He says it is a better way, the way we were meant to be.
Wow, Joel, I do not know you...but thanks for sharing. That is an awesome way to view the cross! Profound words shared from a young heart...a message to a world that is very much in need. grins~
See Tod and Julie, sometimes they are listening......
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