ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
The moments of our lives may be bright with possibility, dark with fear or sadness, or even plain everyday gray, but God's glory never fades. May God's glory shine into the exciting lights, upsetting darks, and boring grays of your every day.
SUNDAY, APRIL 21ST, 2019
Sunrise: 6:40 am
Sunset: 8:15 pm
Life is a Special Occasion!
Hallmark
Today is Easter which is a Christian holiday that celebrates the ressurection of Jesus. To celebrate, people attend church services, host festive meals, and participate in Easter egg hunts.
The Easter Bunny became a symbol of the Easter holiday in Germany during the 1600’s Children would make nests and if they were good the Easter Bunny would fill them with brightly colored eggs. German settlers brought this tradition to American during the 1700’s . Over the years Easter nests evolved to decorated baskets and the Easter Bunny’s morning deliveries expanded to include gifts, candy and chocolate.
Today Easter is one of the highest grossing candy holidays, second only to Halloween. Enjoy this festive occasion in the company of friends and family, decorate an Easter egg, and indulge is some delicious treats!
If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The story of Easter is the story of God’s wonderful window of divine surprise.
Carl Knudsen
Happy Easter ! I hope the Easter Bunny was good to all of you this morning! He certainly was good to me. There are all sorts of treats here at my house.
I’ll be off to church this morning as usual and as usual there will be a few of my family there too. We should have a full pew. Over the past few years we’ve taken to getting an ‘Our Gang’ picture of the little ones after church and hope to be getting another one today. The pictures today are from last year’s Easter Sunday.
It will be a quiet day here for me as we had our family celebration last weekend along with the annual Easter Egg hunt. It will be a day of rest for me.
I hope you all have a RELAXING Sunday! Happy Easter!
COUNTING MY GIFTS
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.
S.D. Gordon
Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for. There is truly is always something to be thankful for.
6993. for Easter Day, a cause for celebration
6994. for all my family, those near and far
6995. for sunny day, no rain
Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!
Please pray for God's protection of
our troops and HIS wisdom for their
commanders.
Almighty and eternal God,
Protect our military
as they discharge their duties
with the shield of your strength,
may the power of your love
enable them to return home in safety
that with all who love them
they may ever praise you for your loving care.
AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters
and Paramedics and EMT’s
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
ADVICE FOR TODAY
Do not abandon yourselves to despair… We are Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
Pope John Paul II
A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…
Love,
ma
5 comments:
Rejoice and be glad. He is risen!
He is risen, indeed! Such cute photos … I especially love the children's hats. Oh, and thanks for the little history lesson about the Easter bunny symbol. I never knew that!
He is risen indeed! Such a great tradition you have of taking pictures at the church. I look forward to this year's pictures if you share them! I hope you have a pleasant day, Ma. We are having a quiet one too which will be nice.
I didn't know of the tradition of the Easter Bunny so that was nice to read about it here.
Happy Easter!
betty
Happy ☺ Easter 🐇🐥🌼
I hope you enjoyed your quiet Easter Day. Ours was a quiet one, too....
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