Celebrate!

Last night we attended our church's Maundy Thursday service.  It was the beginning to our celebration of the most important holiday of our year.  Amanda and I have been talking about how we can make this (in deed) the most important holiday of the year.  We have debated about doing anything that is not centered on Christ.  Last night's service was a great way to get us centered and to begin our thanksgiving for Christ. I sat at church last night just beaming. Beaming over so many things. I was so thankful for my savior and all that he has done for me and continues to do. I was thankful for my church, that holds both the terribleness and wonderfulness of this season in tension.   (Ben couldn't get over the fact that the service was in the dark and that we were going to exit in silence.)

I was thankful for my friends. To have Tom sitting next to me and Jason preach to me was wonderful. God spoke through him to my heart and led me to a deeper level of thankfulness for who Jesus was/is. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

I look so forward to Sunday and celebrating Christ's giving up of himself to absorb the wrath of the father that I deserved, the victory that he had over sin and death and to look forward to his second coming when he will consummate his kingdom.  Thank you God for making this season amazing.  Help our family to stay amazed.