My Cup Runneth Over

i hope that all of you had a beautiful day, a blessed Easter, or just a fabulous Sunday.

i certainly did. Easter has a special meaning to me. I lost my beloved grandfather right before Easter when I was in college.

he was a strong, loving, hilarious, faithful man. he was a carpenter. and he had scars on his hands from his hobby. and if you asked him about them, he would say “that’s okay, my best friend has scars on the palms of his hands, too”.

i miss him so much.

so Easter is not only an affirmation and celebration of Christ’s life to me, as a Christian, but also a remembrance of “Dandy’s life”.

today’s service was wonderful. i thought a lot about the past 9 months and what we have been through. and how I don’t believe i would have made it through if it weren’t for my faith and for God’s grace.

this song made me teary-eyed:

Because He lives

I can face tomorrow

Because He lives

All fear is gone.

Because I know He holds the future

And life is worth living just because He lives.

I sat there and sang those words and they meant so so much more to me than they might have 5, 10 years ago.

God is good. He really is.

We had a wonderful day with my parents.

Egg hunt (inside, because it was wet and rainy this morning)

But in the afternoon, it was just beautiful, and the girls even got to play in their swimsuits.