What makes a great weekend.

           What a great weekend!  The weather was awesome (we actually had two days of sunlight in a row).  The time with the family was great and it was the Easter celebration.  In all it was wonderful.  let me break down how it went.
            I got home from duty Saturday morning and was able to enjoy a bath.  We got the boys to clean house (the wife and I did dishes and other chores while they worked) and were able to relax after lunch.  I then had softball practice at 2:30 (which turned out to be 3:00) and that became a scrimmage.  It was a great time.  Then we got home and went out for date night.  That makes any day great.  Anytime I get to spend 4 hours alone with my wife without worrying about my boys is a great time.
           Sunday morning came around I I got to work.  I was the coordinator for cooking the brunch for those serving during the morning services (about 200 people).  I was in charge of getting the food and making sure it got cooked and served.  I had a great group of people working for me and it went great.  We had a ton of food left over and everyone got fed.  I was happy with how it went.  I was also worn out when it was over.  the boys then invited a few friends over and we did an Easter egg hunt at our place and had a good time there.  Over all it was a great day.
           Then today happened.  So far, I woke up late and was about 30 minutes late to work and I have 2 appointments today.  The first is for my eyes (I need new glasses) and the second is for my Shoulder ( I need a new one of those as well, but I think I will end up with Motrin instead).  Either way it should be interesting. 
            Over all, I have to say this weekend was the best I've had in a while.  Not to many arguments and in all it was a good time.
             Thanks for reading and, as always, have a great day.

Easter weekend thoughts.

    It's good Friday.  Amazing how the world views things.  I had an athiest friend post on Facebook that he couldn't understand how Christians could call the torture and murder of "their supposed saviour".  The fact is that we are not celbrating his torutre and murder.  We are celebrating his sacrifice.  He chose to die for us so that we may live.  To be truly innocent of all wrong and to still die in our place is something beyond our comprehension and something we don't deserve and yet he did it.  It is called Good Friday because without his death he could not have risen again.  Without his shedding of blood, we could not be redeemed.  Without his sacrifice, we could not enter the kingdom of heaven.  I recommend reading any book by Lee Strobel if you are asking questions about the Christian faith.  I just finished his book "A Case for Faith" and it was inspiring.  He is a former Athiest and he does such a wonderful job of using logic and reason to answer some of the most critical questions about Christianity.  The summation he gives in the aforementioned book sums it up nicely.  God is so loving he gives us what we truly want in regards to our relationship with him.  If we desire any kind of relationship with him, he will give us everything we need to find him and draw nearer.  If, however, we should decide we want nothing to do with him, he gives us everything we need to deny him as well even though it grieves him.  This weekend we celebrate, not Jesus's death, but his gift of eternal life.   We celbrate his forgiveness and his sacrifice to conquer the grave so that we may live.  Thank God for his mercy and grace granting us what we did not deserve but so desperately needed.  As is so often quoted, He paid a debt he did not owe and forgave us a debt we could never pay.
     May you have a great Easter weekend and reflect on what grace and mercies God has granted you.  God bless.