Yes, Indeed!

 

He is Risen!

 

The Grief of a Father

 Good Friday... a day so filled with grief that the sun's light failed.  Christ hung on a cross meant for me...

"... and darkness came over the whole land until three, because the sun's light failed."
                                                                                                      Luke 23:44

The dark, all-consuming.  A grief that swallows hope.

And until I lost mom, that grief was always fleeting, transient, something to ponder on days like Good Friday.   

But walking out our monumental grief had a way of making the sorrow personal.  Painful.  Real.  Perhaps you know that kind of darkness, where the sun's light fails you.

I saw a recent post by  Rachel Lewis:  She knows grief.  She's walked through the despair and anger and darkness too. She captures the feelings of Good Friday from the depths of that darkness and the heart-rending bereavement felt by God the Father... a Father who understands our grief better than we ever knew.

"While it was the Son who died, it was the Father who looked on, no doubt wishing he could change places with his Son.

While the Son felt every physical pain, the Father felt the deepest pain of separation and loss—a feeling he, no doubt, had never experienced to that extent before. Especially when he turned away.

“What keeps me coming back is that God understands my pain.”

While the Son rose after three days, the Father took on the role of a bereaved parent and will forever know what it feels like to lose a child.

While Good Friday used to only point me to the Son, the beautiful sacrifice so we could know the Father—I now look at Good Friday as the day the Father made the even greater sacrifice—letting go of his one and only Son.

On this Good Friday, I remember not only the death of the Son but the bereavement of the Father. Not only did the Son share in our weakness, but the Father shared in our grief.

There is still so much I don’t understand about God or faith. When my friends suffer devastating loss, when senseless tragedies occur, my heart always questions why God allows such pain to exist in the world.

What keeps me coming back is that God understands my pain.

And on my darkest days—the days when I can’t see hope, or light, or goodness—I can go to him and tell him about all I’m feeling. And he knows. Because he’s been there too.

He sits in my brokenness with me, as only another bereaved parent can."

Easter Love

 

May your day be filled with Love!

Preparing our Hearts for Easter

 

HALLELUJAH

The Tomb is Empty!

It's Resurrection Sunday...

                                      

Behold the Risen King!

Our Hope Complete in the power of the Empty Tomb...

Rejoicing in the Gift of our Living Messiah!

Easter Blessings,

My Love,

          Jane

* photo credit: thelordismylightandmysalvation

Easter Gift

Only Jesus could build a Bridge to Heaven

with just two boards...

Rejoicing today in the Gift of New Life!

An Easter Selfie...

Taking a moment to breathe in the blessings of this weekend past...

An empty tomb.

A risen Lord.

A Love so deep it cannot be fathomed.

From the darkness of that Good Friday to the Joy of a Resurrection Sunday.

It is a Celebration of Love and Family and Hope... and we have worshipped together with arms and hearts full...

There was also laughter bubbling over as we practiced with

the selfie-stick our sweet daughter gifted us for an upcoming trip.

No time like the present to try it out!

First attempt was, like, what???

Second try was getting there...

Finally think we've got this!

Love each sweet face!

And this is the beauty of God's Amazing Grace...

No matter how dark our nights,

the struggles, the grief...

He brings Joy and Hope in the morning.

May you feel the Hope of new beginnings this night

no matter how the darkness pulls...

The Son has Risen!

And that makes all the difference in the world.

Worshiping the Risen Lamb

Rejoicing in the Light that Overcomes the Dark

Happy Easter, Dear Ones!

Might you feel His Power wherever you are this day...

Praying Grace over each struggle, each broken heart,

He has walked in your darkness...

His sacrifice has rent the night into brilliant day.

He Promises Light for each step of the way home.

Rest in Him.

The Resurrection Light!

 

And the Darkness gave way to the

Light of Love...

 

Resurrection Sunday bringing Hope for those of us lost

in eternal night...

 

Jesus Christ, the Risen Savior,

unblemished Lamb of God,

in Him we find our Way,

our Peace, our Salvation

 

Happy Easter, Friends!

 

Death has Lost

and

Love has WON!

 

 

Hope for the Soul!

 

 

Good News Proclaimed...

 

 

Glorious Easter Gift

 

May the Redeemed Rise up in Celebration!

A Day Made for Rejoicing

Happy Easter!

And to make it even better, if that's possible...

Happy Birthday Autumn!

Our sweet grand-baby girl has turned 2...

Today was a celebration times two!!  It won't happen very often that Autumn's Birthday falls on Easter Sunday, so...

We Celebrated the Blessing!

With Balloons

And Cake

Young and Old...

with Smiles Contagious!

Celebrating the Beautiful Day of Autumn's Birth

and the

Glorious Day of Christ's Resurrection

An Old Rugged Cross and the Empty Tomb

give us the Map for our Journey...

And the Destination is Heavenly!!