Christ The Lord is Risen Today

The Little Man isn't so little anymore. He's 11, in 5th grade and finishing up elementary school. It's amazing how fast time flies with raising children. 

This year, we had a much more low key Easter. Quite honestly, it snuck up on me. Lent started with the Big Man in the hospital, 

and ended with my mother hospitalized.

 In between, we've had lots of cold and snow, and more stress than I thought humanely possible. 

Easter is a chance for new life. It's a do-over. In church yesterday, instead of preaching solely on Jesus' resurrection, the pastor put a different spin on it. 

But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. (Romans 8:9-11 NLT)

We have been given new life.

Yesterday was a chance to pause and reflect on our new life in the resurrection.

It was a beautiful, warm spring day. Warm enough to wear a sundress. 

Warm enough to hunt eggs in shorts.

Warm enough to bask in the sun.

Welcome, new life