Because He Lives

Today we celebrated Easter, the day Christ rose from the dead. We had a wonderful morning making resurrections roles, hunting Easter eggs, and watching new videos (The Crippled Lamb and a new Veggie Tale Video). All the boys Easter presents relate to God. We had a wonderful worship experience at church followed by lunch at Preston's Grandmother's. We were able to spend some time with his extended family....whom we always love seeing. After leaving lunch we headed to the cemetery to visit Mia's grave (drop off some flowers and pray thanking God for Mia.)

One songs we sang in worship this morning that has been in my head today is "Because He Lives". The lyrics go like this:
Because he lives
I can face tomorrow
Because he lives
All fear is gone
Because I know
He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because he lives

These lyrics are so true in my life. Most people see the past few years in our lives as being tragic, more than most people can handle, the saddest thing that could ever happen, etc. The lyrics to this go something like this in my life:

Because he lives
I can face tomorrow (death of my daughter, cerebral palsy, cochlear implants)
Because he lives
All fear is gone (don't need to be afraid of what is to come...how we will handle things with all the boys but especially Nathan and Owen)
Because I know
He holds the future (all being together in eternity)
And life is worth the living
Just because he lives (He made each of us perfectly so we can enjoy and share life).