Happy Easter!

Today we celebrated Easter by attending church and praising God for the fulfillment of His promise to us. As our minister said, can you imagine the conversation between the Marys as they approached the tomb to annoint Jesus' body? Don't you know that they were wondering how on earth they were going to move the enormous stone from the entrance? Yet, when they arrived, it was gone! Surprise! Jesus wasn't there! The promise that was made through the birth of our Savior was fulfilled in His resurrection--Hallelujah!

In keeping with our new Easter tradition, David, Jon, Jeff, and I traveled to Grady after brunch to deliver care bags to the families in the ICU waiting areas. This year we had enough bags to visit on three different floors, a blessing beyond our expectations. As we learned from our own experiences there, every family has a story and no matter what that story is, they feel alone and frightened. We just wanted each of them to know that we understand and are praying for them. It's a blessing, too, to see the reactions from the families upon receiving these tokens of our concern. One gentleman in particular asked for two bags and then opened them and began distributing items in the bags to others around him--some who had already received their own bags. He even sought us out on another floor to ask for another bag because more people had come into the waiting area where he was, and he wanted to share more--what a beautiful testiment to God's love! This gentleman clearly had a heart for God. Please join us in praying for each of the families at Grady and elsewhere with critical medical needs.

"When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, 'Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?' " ~ Matthew 16: 1-3