What an awesome Easter weekend we had! I am so full of gratitude and joy over what my Savior has done for me and all that He is doing in my life and the lives around me.
We started the weekend with the Good Friday service at our church. What a beautiful, reflective service it was where we spent time remembering the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. We worshiped, we prayed, we broke bread together and it was the perfect way to prepare our hearts for Resurrection Sunday.
We went to the Saturday night service with some of our dear friends and boy did we celebrate the fact that HE IS RISEN!!! It was an amazing night of worship and the Word and our pastor preached on why we should make it our aim to live a life well pleasing to Him. (You might remember me talking about these verses before!) We all have an appointment with a Holy God that we will not be late for and we were challenged to spend our lives preparing for that appointment. How much of a priority do we make doctor's appointments, dentist's appointments, and even hair appointments without giving much thought at all to the most important appointment we will ever have? Quite convicting indeed!
Sunday morning my whole family was in church worshiping together. I'm just telling you, it doesn't get any better than that! My heart was overjoyed!!
Afterwards, you can bet we enjoyed a delicious Easter lunch if this woman had anything to do with it! We feasted on ham, macaroni and cheese, lima beans and horseradish deviled eggs (my absolute fave!!!)
Hallelujah indeed!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful day you guys had!! LOVE the pictures...that Miss E is gonna be SUCH A heartbreaker!! I know I say that everytime you post a pic of her, but it is just SO true!!!
Wow...you look like your mom! It's funny that you mentioned you had lima beans yesterday. We had peas with our dinner and our kids don't like them. My husband & I began talking about what veggies we didn't like as we were growing up, and my husband really disliked lima beans!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had such a blessed weekend!
It WAS a wonderful weekend! Loved that Good Friday service and you're right, it doesn't get any better than having my entire family in church together on Sunday!
ReplyDeleteSo glad ya'll could come up for lunch, too. Loved having you all here.
Love you to pieces,
Mom
Love the picture of Miss E with that tongue sticking out in excitement in finding what's in that egg... that's my reaction when I find money too!! haha!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed your Easter Holiday... what a wonderful time to worship our Savior!
what beautiful pics!
ReplyDeleteyour daughter is so adorable!
You are so right. There is something powerful about sitting in church surrounded by your family. I couldn't agree more. Your pictures are beautiful! I love the one of you and of you and your hubby in your easter clothes! That is a great picture! I'm so glad you had a great Easter!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you had a great Easter weekend. You have such a beautiful family. Miss E is a doll.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful weekend. Your pictures are great!
ReplyDeleteOh what a wonderful Easter Sunday indeed! I am so happy that you were able to celebrate our risen Lord with the people you love!!!
ReplyDeleteMy day was rather sad...it was my first Easter without my parents and that void was definitely felt in many ways...the empty places at the table...not having them in church...they missed seeing the kids hunt for Easter eggs...grief doesn't take a holiday, but there is always HOPE, just as in Jesus' resurrection!
Praying many blessings for you my sweet blogger friend Faith!
Love,
Denise :-)
Sounds like you had an awesome Easter! My whole family got to worship together, too, and that made me so happy.
ReplyDeleteOkay...the horseradish deviled eggs need to go on the cooking blog! (Tell your mom!) ;)
I loved all your pictures, Faith!
It sounds like a perfect day! I just LOVE Easter!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a wonderful Easter with your family! Your niece is too precious!! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteWonderful worship, time in the word and a yummy lunch with family...sounds FAB!!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't help but sit here and say, "so true, so true", when reading about the most important appointment of all! Would have loved to hear that message!
Love ya!
SO glad that you had a great Easter weekend with your family! The pics of you and Chad are adorable, and of course Emma looks so cute as usual!!
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ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a great weekend!! Isn't Easter the best? I just love it :) And I'm glad that you got to be in church with your whole family, me too! It's such a nice gift when that happens. I got your market tote and I LOVE it!! It's the cutest thing and thank you for the sweet little onesie with Ava's monogram!! It's the first time I've seen her monogram and I love it :) That was very sweet of you. Hope you have a fabulous week friend!
What a wonderful Easter with family!! Your niece is SOOOO cute Faith!
ReplyDeleteThat little mess! She is the cutest with that expression! You guys look great and that is a great picture of your dad! Is he smiling??? Don't tell him! HA! Glad you guys had a great Easter! He is RISEN INDEED! :)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a truly, glorious weekend :)!
ReplyDeleteLittle E is absolutely precious...as usual!!!
Love the last picture of you and Chad. You are so beautiful :)!
What a beautiful family you have! I just love your blog and will come back to visit! I notice you and your husband are going to Brazil. My middle daughter just got back from Bolivia over spring break and will go back after she graduates from LSU next month!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day.
Beth
What a wonderful Easter ya'll had! Makin me so HAPPY!! I loved what you wrote and I love all the pictures. The last one of you and Chad is SO cute!!
ReplyDeleteLove you sweet friend!
happy easter to you! what a blessing of a weekend.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful pictures!! All of you are so photogenic :)
ReplyDeleteFaith - I am glad you had a good Easter weekend! Great pictures! By the way, mom's pillow looks great!! She really liked it too!
ReplyDeleteYou look so beautiful in green! I love that picture of you and Chad, too. I'm so glad you had a great Easter!
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