As a Christian, it's hard to decide if Christmas or Easter is a happier day. Christmas celebrates my Savior's birth, but Easter honors the day He conquered death to save me from my sins. Both are beautiful things!
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
~John 20:11-18
In as much as Friday's church service was somber and meaningful, today's was joyous and bold! Now, the trick is to wake up each day after Easter and live like Christ, not like the world. Amen!
After church, we had a wonderful meal at Nanny and Dede's. Isaac also surprised me with an Easter Lily at church. It's beautiful!
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
~John 20:11-18
In as much as Friday's church service was somber and meaningful, today's was joyous and bold! Now, the trick is to wake up each day after Easter and live like Christ, not like the world. Amen!
After church, we had a wonderful meal at Nanny and Dede's. Isaac also surprised me with an Easter Lily at church. It's beautiful!
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| This is becoming an annual thing: family Easter photo at Nanny's. |
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| Pretty Lily! |
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