He is risen, indeed.
Had a splendid Easter Sunday today. Great services at church and a great dinner at home with the folks and bro/sis-in-law. As my birthday is tomorrow, the dinner featured several of my favorite dishes (coincidentally, not intentionally). Dessert was my 'special' birthday cake - a delicious confection called Strawberry Dream Cake. The "dream" part of the name must come from its dreamy taste, or the feeling that you are dreaming when you behold its magnificence--I'm not sure. It's a simple recipe, an angel food cake stuffed with mashed strawberries and smothered in whipping cream (not COOL WHIP!). It's a culinary tradition first started by my beloved deceased grandmother and faithfully carried on by my beloved mother. It's a delight beyond belief for a strawberry lover like me.
I was listening to a Chuck Swindoll Easter message on the radio coming home and he pointed out something I'd totally missed until now. Mark 16:7 says that the women at the tomb were told to 'go tell [Jesus'] disciples and Peter,....' By the time of the Resurrection, Peter had defected! So utterly destroyed by the guilt of his denial of Jesus that he resigned his discipleship. Of course, as the story goes, Jesus restored Peter and he became a great leader of the early church. A man who, when the chips were down, denied any knowledge of Christ (even to the point of cursing at the third one who asked him) had hope because of the Resurrection. If you're reading this and you've been there or are there now, that same hope is yours today.
Albert Pujols picked up his team and carried them on his shoulders today. The Cardinals are scuffling, as the writers say, out of the gate this year. A shaky bullpen, and the new right fielder (who hasn't endeared himself to anyone as yet) conspired to put them at a 7-6 disadvantage late in the game. A brilliantly unorthodox strategy of sending up a pitcher to pinch-hit (albeit one who hits well) was successful and AP sent the faithful at the Church of Busch home happy with his THIRD home run of the day. THREE HOME RUNS. A devout Christian was the Cardinals' saving grace on Easter Sunday. How nice is that?
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Happy birthday John! Daddy's birthday was yesterday and we had a family party at the house, beth and kids, chuck and pat and kids, and my bunch minus kev and family. still a great day. sounds like a great day in St. Louis as well.
as to the Cards, if you'll recall we lost 3 straight to the brewers last year at this time and still came out pretty well, it's the end not the beginning that's important. kind of like the crucifiction!
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