Saturday, April 7, 2012

Happy Easter

Good Friday has passed and Easter is on its way. Easter is full of celebration, and meaning, traditions and love, and new beginnings all around us as it occurs in the season of Spring.

This is the season in the Christian calendar that Jesus is tortured and dies as a man, through our sins. Our sins separate us from God, as they also did with Jesus.

Easter affords us the opportunity to celebrate Jesus rising from the dead, which also represents the death of our lives with sin.

Our new life continues to offer new opportunities away from sin. I am doing something new this year, for me. I am singing in our church choir for the Easter services. During a practice session this past week, a choir member mentioned forgiveness and the challenges that humans have with it. She asked how many more lashes did Jesus need to take. Did Jesus need to take 3 more lashes or, perhaps 6, before we can take the steps to forgive. Or perhaps 10 more lashes for us to change another habit or release another negative or sinful thought.

Easter is a season of new beginnings. As we turn our lives over to God, He will forgive us and give us strength.

Happy Easter, happy new day.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Susan---Melissa of Penfield NY hope you had a Happy Easter and your choir sounded wonderful on Sunday morning when I attended the 8:15am service.

I believe you had on an orange sweater by the drums.

Your post spoke volumes thank you and so glad your back follower of yours for over 3yrs.

Look forward to seeing more pictures and more of your writings from God.

God Bless

Anonymous said...

Hey Girl---Roy here busy day yesterday with out of town family. Happy Easter and love your post and our family wishes we had been in Rochester to come and here you in the choir as Browncroft Church is very talented.

God Bless

Anonymous said...

Hi Susan--Lori of Rochester NY Happy Easter-- saw you yesterday in the choir at Browncroft Community Church at the 11am service your choir sounded incredible and saw you. Keep it up and enjoyed your post welcome back

Anonymous said...

Susan----Jeremy of TX-Happy Easter---thank you for your post my wife and I also joined the choir for the first time and had a ball with it and spent the day at our church for all the services singing and being in the house of God.

God has certainly given you the words to write and speak. When is your next seminar.

Welcome back you have been missed

Anonymous said...

Good morning Susan---Lisa of Elmira NY----Thank you for being back I am also in the choir and loving every moment of it at my church.

How often do you sing in the Choir our group sings every other week and special occasions.

Love the picture so glad you brought this picture back one of my favorite ones as i have many that are favorites. Seeing the Highbowl picture brought back so many happy memories when my when and I would go and watch the movies and people watch. My husband passed away last year of cancer he loved going to the bowl and we had such a glorious time.

Thank you for bringing the picture back and enjoying all the memories that go along with it.

When is you next seminar going to be. I would like to come and see it if time permits me to.

Looking forward to seeing more writing and more pictures

Follower of yours for 4hrs

Anonymous said...

Susan---Jeffrey of Penfield NY--Fantastic your back missed hearing and reading your God inspired words. Love the picture when was that I was there not sure if it was the same night or not. I remember the 2 lawn chairs in the middle and a bunch of my friends and I were laughing so hard. It was as though we were surrounding them with us around the outside.

Keep up the outstanding blessings from God as it shows through your writings.

Susan you are a gifted writer keep it up.

Your photographer continues to amaze us with there talent and ability of grabbing the details.

Anonymous said...

Good morning Susan--Gloria of Rochester NY---You have been missed by our friends and family thank you for being back.

I remember being at the Highland Bowl and I remember seeing 2 people on lawn chairs in the middle remarkable picture. What a fun night that was a bunch of us set up a tent close to the stage and had dinner had tables and chairs in the tent with lots of food.

Keep up what God is doing within you.

Namaste

Anonymous said...

Susan-- Lisa again from Elmira after reading what I wrote follower of yours for 4yrs not 4hrs lol. Also My husband and I loved going to the Highland Bowl. I guess I need another cup of coffee.

cremation az said...

May God be with us always and may the holy spirit always guide us.

Anonymous said...

Hi Susan---Joan of Albany NY follower of yours for over 3yrs and each time I read you post something else stands out. I am making more time to be home with my husband and children and making it appoint not to be working ot constantly and if i need to as I am a manager I can work from home.

Do not want to miss our children growing up and spending time with my husband. We have a boy who's 3months old, a daughter 4 and another daughter 6.

Thank you for being back and love the picture as my family and I have family that lives in Penfield and we came in for the Lilac Festival heading out shortly to have dinner at the festival and enjoy Lou Graham tonight.

Needed to hear these suggestions and feeling good getting back on track again. It's been non stop for over 6months with no extra time.

Look forward to hearing more

Namaste