I did not have specific plans for yesterday afternoon so when a granddaughter text'd and asked about coming over with the great granddaughter to bake cookies, of course I said yes! We met up for lunch first and then came back and the little one baked cookies and my granddaughter made a cranberry apple cobbler as I had apples left over from the night before. It was a fun afternoon and I was blessed to have this special time with them.
Today is Saturday and we have a soccer game at 8:30AM to attend. Wonder if hubby will ask if I want to go to breakfast since it will be over at 9AM. I'll drink a protein shake before I go; perhaps he will as well. I can 'take it or leave it' about going out for breakfast. As expensive as going out has become, I'm content to make do with what I have at home. I have plenty of eggs and I have pancakes in the freezer. In fact, I think I will let hubby know that's what we'll do. Save about $40 by eating breakfast at home.
I need to make deviled eggs today so that they will be ready for tomorrow's lunch at my daughter's. My instructions were deviled eggs and rolls - and I've already delivered the rolls. They are having a brunch so we are unable to go to church physically tomorrow, but we will be watch Jentezen online tomorrow morning as we will have time to before we leave. And, in all honesty, we prefer Free Chapel's services to ours, and even the messages are better than ours.... but, we like our church. Just have trouble feeling connected; partly because our fault, possibly, but I think it is more the culture of the church that we feel excluded at times. Probably just our feelings.
Yes, there is the 'saying' of 'God first, family second, church last' - and that is what we are doing. You know we always put God first by getting up early and reading our Bibles, writing in our journals, and spending time praying and reading. So no problem there, even though it is Easter Sunday. And because it is Easter Sunday and family is having a brunch at 10AM, the time our service usually starts, we are putting our family next, instead of church. Lastly, we will make it to church next Sunday. They won't even really miss us ... they know where we generally set and will miss us there, and a few people will notice we aren't there, but we have already been gone two weeks so a third one doesn't really matter. We'll get there next week. God, Family, Church. Check.
Today is Saturday, the day before Easter. All is quiet and solemn. Jesus died yesterday afternoon on the cross, and He has been buried in the tomb that belonged to Joseph of Arimathea that had neve been used. The huge rock has been rolled over the front of the tomb, and has now been sealed. As if the seal could hold back what is going to happen soon.
John 19:38-42 (NET): After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to the Jewish customs. Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried. And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there.
The day before the 'big day' Jesus was covered in aromatic spices, wrapped in linen cloths, and laid in the tomb. The large rock seals the door. Can you just imagine what the scene is? Think about it. The stillness of the hour. The quiet. Hearts broken of those who loved Jesus. Hopes and dreams seem dashed to pieces. All seems lost.... but is it?
Friday was here..... and is now gone.... but Sunday's coming!
Blessings!
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