Happy Easter

What a joyous weekend we have to celebrate Christ's resurrection and the victory over sin!  I am so thankful for Christ's sacrifice and love for me.

"Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
     smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
     and with his wounds we are healed." ~ Isaiah 53:4-5

"Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.  But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,  even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved."

~ Ephesians 2:3-5

How wonderful and deep is the Father's love for us!!