Give Thanks...Singing On Easter

 This morning I stood before a few hundred neighbors and family of neighbors and directed the music at church.

We sang hymns suitable for Easter.

Love those songs.

I also love scrolling my social media feeds on holidays, Easter, being no different. So many expressing their feelings for the day and what it means to them. 

This morning, in addition to the regular hymns, our congregational choir sang a difficult song and they did great. When I first heard the song, I wasn't quite sure if your little group could tackle it, but they sang wonderfully. I should not have doubted.

The meeting's final hymn, He Is Risen, is a favorite. It's a celebration, an anthem of faith, and I added my voice to others to proclaim to the world...He is risen. I'm thankful for those songs, thankful we can sing them, thankful for the day, and the reason behind it.

We sing every Sunday. They're all special, but sometimes, some days are just a little more.

Give Thanks...For Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday

We spent the day with family, at church, then with family again.

Here's just a few of the memories.

The day was wonderful, and made possible because of a sacrifice...a life for ours. I spent the day with some of my favorite people. I didn't include how wonderful the food tasted, how I and my family traveled several hundred miles safely, how I saw an incredible sky, and how tonight I get to sleep in relative safety with my loved ones under the same roof. I'm thankful for all of these things. Yes, it wasn't perfect--we were missing my sister deeply, but it was almost perfect. And I'm thankful for the one who made it possible.