Easter

First some spring break pictures...

I babysat Levi the first weekend I was back, and as you can tell, he thoroughly enjoyed the mac and cheese we had for lunch. :)

Some incredible clouds one afternoon

The budding lilac bush

I planted these from a pinterest idea...they bloomed the day I left to come back to Chicago

The lambs are growing up fast, and it was fun to watch them romp in the pasture

Now, Easter...

I had been so busy since coming back from spring break that I was worried I wouldn't be able to give this Passion week the focus it deserved, but I found some time on Thursday to really dig into the Scriptures about Maundy Thursday.

My observation...this was a day of denials and betrayals. Almost every prominent character in the stories of the Last Supper and Jesus' arrest said "no" to Christ or denied him in some way, or betrayed him in some way. The whole world was saying no.

However, Jesus said yes. 

He said yes to loving and serving his weak disciples, he said yes to doing the Father's will, and he said yes, he is the Messiah to the Sanhedrin.

It was a contrast I hadn't seen before. 

But today I'm rejoicing in the fact that Jesus chose to say yes to the Father, because it gives me the chance to say yes to him.

Praise the Lord...He is risen!