Okay, I'll start over. Sometimes I hate technology. I've been sitting here for 45 minutes. I had a nice message all typed, complete with photos. I don't know what I did, but a little message came up. I hit "cancel" because that was the choice I was supposedly to make if I didn't want to go somewhere else. And guess what . . . my post was gone! Oh, well. This post will probably be much better anyway. Here goes.
I serve a RISEN Savior
He's in the world today
I KNOW that He is LIVING,
Whatever men may say . . .
We celebrate that RISEN Savior today. Isn't God good to love us SO MUCH? I marvel. You simply can't put God in human terms. If God were human, He'd have washed His hands of the rest of us a long time ago. As a parent sometimes I am so disappointed in the choices my kids make. I know they know better. I've told them how it will hurt them. Yet they do it anyway. God has millions of us and we all disappoint him every day. We don't learn from our mistakes. How much more we disappoint him and yet he continues to shower us with love and blessings!
I got a great e-mail with good news from Brandy this morning. Brandy is my cousin. She is Uncle Denny's daughter. I'm sure you all have heard of Uncle Denny even if you never knew about Brandy. Brandy's mom, Clara, has been in the hospital for three weeks. The doctors told the family to say their goodbyes. Brandy asked Pastor Bill to go visit her mom so that Clara would hear the message of the Gospel one last time. Guess what?!?!? Clara LISTENED! AND RESPONDED! Isn't that great? An answer to prayer, for sure. (If any of you readers don't know what the Gospel is all about, I'd love to share it with you. Let me know.)
We elected not to go to church this morning. Here was the scene at just a bit after 7:00 this morning. There was 2-3" of snow on the ground and it was falling fast. Abby was really disappointed because the kids were to perform in an Easter program this morning. I felt badly for her, but it wasn't worth taking a chance on getting stuck somewhere. Look at the darkness of the sky, too. We haven't seen any sign of the sun yet today. Wonder if anyone showed up for the sunrise services at Stillings Ranch? (Maurice Stillings is a man that attends our church. He's in his 80s and he has the most wonderful ranch. Perfect place for church picnics and a sunrise service. Different churches in town use his ranch at different times. The sunrise service this year was to be led by Living Water Bible Fellowship.)
Had a big pan of cinnamon rolls ready to take for the church breakfast this morning. Abby's sadness went away when she realized we got to eat those! Colored eggs, too. It was yummy!
After breakfast, we decided to watch a movie I've had here to watch for a while. It is called Magdalena: Released from Shame. It was quite good. It tells the story of Jesus' life, narrated by Mary Magdalene. Ever seen it?
After the movie, the kids decided to go to the dunes (an area on our property with small hills) to go sledding. Here's what it looked like outside at that time--about 10:15 a.m. Notice how the chico bushes are more covered than before? It is still snowing now at noon. I am really glad now that we stayed home. Dana just reminded me that earlier this week when I was looking at the weather forecast, I commented "Wouldn't it be crazy to be snowed in on Easter?"
Kitchen is smelling mighty good! The ham is done. We are waiting for the kids to get back and for the potatoes to finish baking. Sweet potatoes (for the kids) are already done. The others are in the oven now. Going to finish out the meal with corn, biscuits, and pistachio pie.
Hope you all are having a Happy Easter!
Love from all the Custers
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