Easter Monday

Happy Easter,

We hope your Easter celebration was a wonderful remembrance of our Saviour who died for our sins yet rose again, conquering death, hell and the grave.
Holidays are always difficult for me as last year I had another little helper dying eggs, opening our Reassertion Eggs, searching for Easter baskets, shoveling chocolate, singing in the living room and well the list goes on. Yet in my sadness of missing our little man there is no greater comfort, no greater joy than to think of and ponder the cross. To know Micah is alive and well, not so very far from here and one day because of our trust in Jesus Christ as our saviour we will be with him again. I love the song that goes..."The saints above join with the saints below, rejoicing in the risen Lamb" and many times as we sing I picture Micah singing and dancing too. I love to read of Heaven and remember that this life is short, my we live for another...

I found this post on the Girl Talk Blog (which by the way is a great blog) and I thought is wonderful for Easter Monday! May Easter live each day!
"Imagine what Peter and John, Mary Magdalene and Mary, Jesus’ mother must have felt the day after the resurrection. I picture them opening their eyes in the morning, and it all coming back with a rush. The tomb is empty! Jesus is alive! But did it really happen or was it just a dream? What overwhelming emotion when they realized once again that it was true! The Savior has risen from the dead! Can you imagine the ecstatic joy? Can you imagine the waves of peace? The uncontainable excitement? It was the morning after the pivotal event in all of human history! Salvation had come to mankind!
It was a day unlike any other day.
Fast-forward two thousand years to today, the day after the day we celebrate Resurrection Sunday. All too often we go back to work or school (or spring break) or the daily routine, little bothering to remember what we celebrated yesterday. We enjoy the ham sandwiches and polish off the deviled eggs (Dad always called them "angel eggs"). But today shouldn’t be “just another day.” For the power of the resurrection is as real as it was the day after that first Easter Sunday. The good news is just as marvelous. The peace and joy and excitement are just as amazing. The Savior is alive! He is risen! That’s why we as Christians should be what author Peter Lewis calls “Easter People.” We should celebrate the resurrection every day!" Taken from the Girl Talk Blog

Dying Easter Eggs for Family Night