Jesus Is Alive Day!

We celebrated a beautiful Easter this year! The weekend was too fast but was perfect! We spent the day Saturday morning relaxing at home with the kids, painting eggs and doing whatever they wanted. Those unhurried days are few and far between so we enjoyed the relaxed pace. We had planned to go to a few local and church events but decided just to "go with the flow" and not have a big planned out day. We went across town and used our Kohls coupon to get Bill some much needed Spring clothes for work and then came home to get ready for Easter Sunday. (Now yesterday I found 2 boxes of my things in the basement - summer clothes that are all ruined because the box didn't make it upstairs after we flooded to be washed......hopefully Kohls has another great sale soon! Mammas goona need some new summer clothes!)
I sang for both services so I was up at the crack of dawn. Bill dragged the kids out of their beds so I could see them open their baskets. We did the basket hunt - Ryan was adorable playing "hide and go seek" with the basket - and then I ran out the door. We had breakfast at the church and then stayed for 2nd service. God was present and both services were great with a lot of new faced there! After, we headed up to Bills moms in Whitehouse and spent the afternoon eating, egg hunting, and visiting with family. The weather was absolutely perfect and the kids got to romp around outside most of the day......it was wonderful!
Easter always makes me think that we, as Christans, could use another "symbol" in addition to the cross. Not to diminish His work of redemption at all but I've always thought that the empty tomb would be a beautiful thing to hang around our necks too. After all, many martyrs have given their lives but none have risen again! His resurrection is what gives us hope.....what sets us apart from all other beliefs.......what promises us that death has no sting! Jesus is risen! :)