We had the most amazing weekend. It was a weekend of celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus. It was a weekend of celebrating family. God has been so good to us. He has been so good to our family. We are alive and healthy. We are together. Yes, it was a good weekend.
Blessings have been so plentiful to us. We have so much to be thankful for. I haven’t shared them in a long time and thought it was fitting to share after the weekend we had.
Starting on Friday, we woke to it being my birthday. I am 37 years old and thankful that God has given me the life He has. We woke to it being a cloudy day, but headed to a birthday breakfast at the Waffle House. I was told the day was mine and I could do whatever I wanted. I was also told that the housework was off limits to me. It would be taken care of. So I definitely had a day off. Supper was chicken wings and chocolate cake. I couldn’t of asked for a better day. But the day did get better when the kids asked about Good Friday. Telling them of Jesus’ love and why he died on the cross and them understanding, truly made it the best day ever.
Saturday morning came early. My son had a basketball game at 8:00 am. My daughter cheered at 9:30am. after a wonderful morning of seeing them have fun, it was nice to come home to do nothing but relax and be with one another. Something my family and I have learned is family time is most important in the world we live in. While we do enjoy activities outside of the house, it is even nice being able to come home to one another. We want to make sure out children know we love them and more importantly, God loves them.
My favorite day of the weekend came next. Sunday. The day the tomb stone was rolled away and it was empty. Jesus had risen just like it was foretold. We woke up and started getting ready for church. Oh what a glorious day it was! The song and worship service was amazing. The preaching was just beautiful. I love our church and how they try so hard to make sure everything is scriptural and encourage us to hold them accountable if we find they missed something.
We then came home to a wonderful lunch and we hid eggs for the kids to find. It was amazing to have all of my kids outside together, laughing and joking with one another. We don’t have our kids for very long and I am doing my best to soak up all the time I have with them.
Yes, blessings have been abundant for me and my family. We are truly blessed. While I spoke of a few blessings above, I want to share a few more. I have missed sharing and hoping to get back on a more regular schedule.
803- My health
804- My families health
805- Having my brother stay with us
806- my children’s laughter
807- family time together
808- celebrating another year
809- chocolate birthday cake 😉
810- seeing my children learn something new
811- a massage and adjustment
812- hugs and kisses from my family
813- a chance to go to the 2:1 Conference (Thanks See The Light!)
814- birthday cards sent with love
815- An awesome blog makeover from Honeycomb Design Studio
816- Celebrating the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ!
Luke 24
The Resurrection
24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.”
