Easter Sunday

"As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. 'Don't be alarmed,' he said. 'You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'" - Mark 16:5-7

Easter Sunday 2013! I hope you have had a wonderful blessed day. We had a great time with all our kids yesterday at our Easter dinner. Seeing all our grandkids in the same place at the same time is always a treat. It amazes me to see how the passing years can make subtle changes in the family. The littlest ones are playing differently, the older ones are now sitting at the "adult table" joining in our conversation and then there's the new babies, one just learned she could walk and one crying for a bottle. The 2 youngest are Lisa's grandchildren. I guess that could make me a great-grandmother, but the babies' father is her step-son, so I don't actually claim him. :)

There's a small town in Texas called GROOM. They have the beginning of a wonderful Christian display that draws people from all around. There is always someone stopped to visit, pray, or meditate. Trucks, buses, and single vehicles. Groom is a tiny town on I-40, about 70 miles from Amarillo, but it gets lots of visitors because of this.

This could be one of the last surviving Christian symbols in our  country!  These are the pictures of the crucifixion of Christ, sculptured from metal by a man near Amarillo , TX . The crosses are made of metal also. The man did this out of the kindness of his heart.  Someone donated the land on which to erect them.

On the History Channel today, they played all the episodes of The Bible. I watched them from beginning to end. The last was Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. The crucifixion always makes me cry. 

There were different spots in the shows that weren't quite true to the scriptures, but all in all they did a fairly decent job. They said this show has attracted a large viewing audience. I pray it spoke to many non-Christians. 

Our weather today started out gloomy and rainy but the sun came out after lunch. The temperature got up around 62°. It was a pretty day.  Have you heard the old saying that if it rains on Easter Sunday, it will rain the next 7 consecutive Sundays?  

This picture was taken from our back patio. The sky was so pretty this afternoon. The blue spruce is in our neighbor's back yard and estimated to be around 70 yrs. old. 

Until later..... ♥