Easter 2007



I've just finished a book by Eugene Peterson, Living the Resurrection. I read it in one sitting and just like Cleopas and companion on the road from Emmaus, my heart burned within me as I read it. To know Jesus, the risen Lord, is the most amazing truth in all of life. In the ordinariness and meanness of my days, I pray that knowing Jesus and living each day in the reality that I am living now in his kingdom, will rule in my heart and in my mind. And that will compel me to live my days with joy and hope. Hope, my friend Sarah tells me, is the constant expectation of good. Sarah learned this truth from her Grandmother Ruth.

My heavenly Father knows what I need and will always deal with me as his daughter. So, I can ask, seek, knock, and expect that when I talk to my Father I can trust that He will not give me a stone when I ask for bread, and He will not give me a snake when I ask for a fish. So, I pray that I will truly seek the things that are above and live each day in the knowledge that my Father knows what I need.

I am so thankful that my children and grandchildren are close. I am so thankful that I am able to watch their little dimpled fingers reach for Easter eggs. I love to hear their laughter and their words as they begin to comprehend their worlds and the people around them. To hear excited cries of "Mimi" when they see me...there's nothing like it.

So, here are pictures of our sweet family. My prayer is that these little ones will never know a day when they were not aware that they had a Father in heaven who created them, loves them, knows them, and will never leave them. Just like Sarah learned from Grandmother Ruth, we learn who God by living in our families. I pray they will know that hope is a constant expecation of good.

Well, I'm having trouble posting pics for some reason - so I'll just go ahead and post and hope I can post pictures later. Blessings to all.