Yes, I am Still Alive

(This is after trying to blow the pollen off the deck....this is damp so will have to wait until it is dry out....wish I would have gotten out there with my camera before Jim got going with the blower!)



Just a little hello to let you know I am still out here....still thinking things over and reading...true, I am reading mostly Young Adult literature, but I am also reading several things which I hope will strengthen me mentally and spiritually....there may be a blog about this bubbling up.

This week I am out of school and Jim and I have been preparing for company.....Jim's daughter and family from Florida. Elizabeth has been several times over the years, but her family has not been and we are excited to see them. It has been about three years since we have seen the kids and know they will be so much different. Naturally we have gotten lots of pictures and can see the growth, but now we will be able to experience them as well.

Elizabeth and her family are vegans so I have been a tad bit nervous, but she called to say she was bringing a huge cooler full of food so I feel a lot better. Josh, Randi, and little Frazier will be here as well for some of their visit. Jim is quite excited about them being her for Easter and him having both Josh and Elizabeth with him in church on Easter Sunday.

Sophie and I have both been sick....I had a 24 hour stomach bug and she seemed to have a cold. She coughed and wheezed, but then it might be the blanket of green covering all of Louisiana...and I suspect the entire south is suffering from pine pollen. As I bat this post out Jim blowing off the deck for the umpteenth time this week. It has become a three to four times a day deal....but we don't like tracking this mess into the house and we are trying to help poor white Sophie not turn into yellowish green Sophie. Anyway, I woke up praising God that we are both "normal" and hopefully have a wonderful day.

I will be making up Easter baskets in a few minutes. Easter really is my favorite holiday simply because it is the day when satan's (no captial letter for satan) plot to destroy the Son of God. Instead Jesus broke the chains of sin and death when He arose from the dead! The ramifications of this miraculous act are so powerful there was an earth quake and the curtain to the Holy of Holies was rent, or torn. (Matt. 27:51). The curtain symbolized Jesus himself. The only route to God was through the curtain into the Holy of Holies, but now Jesus has made it possible for humans who believe in Him to have the Holy of Holies in their hearts. What joy......joy unspeakable, and although we Christians don't always feel or exhibit that joy as we should, it bubbles up in our souls and transforms this world, which many times appears hopeless, gray, and frightening into a three dimensional explosion of gorgeous color filled with hope. We never weep as those with no hope... because Jesus rose from the dead to open the door to heaven! (1 Thess. 4:13) .

Hallelujah! He is Risen!!

http://sortingiallout.blogspot.com/search/label/Easter - Last year's Easter blog.