He is Risen!

     Happy Easter Sunday! Today was a lovely day to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

     On our way to church this morning, Mom was reading to us some Easter prayers by Peter Marshall (The Prayers of Peter Marshall by Catherine Marshall.) Now I know that I have a tendency to quote other people on my blog a lot! but this prayer was so inspiring that I just had to share it with you....

     “We thank Thee for the beauty of this day, for the glorious message that all nature proclaims: the Easter lilies with their waxen throats eloquently singing the good news; the birds, so early this morning, impatient to begin their song; every flowering tree, shrub, and flaming bush, a living proclamation from Thee. O open our hearts that we may hear it, too!

      Lead us, we pray Thee, to the grave that is empty, into the garden of the Resurrection where we may meet our risen Lord. May we never again live as if Thou were dead!

     In Thy presence restore our faith, our hope, our joy. Grant to our spirits refreshment, rest and peace. Maintain within our hearts an unruffled calm, an unbroken serenity that no storms of life shall ever be able to take from us.

     From this moment, O living Christ, we ask Thee to go with us wherever we go; be our Companion in all that we do. And for this greatest of all gifts, we offer Thee our sacrifices of thanksgiving.”               Amen.  

“He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.”

Matthew 28:6

pearls

    Forgive me for not having posted in so long! Being sick didn’t help matters of course, and neither does being terribly busy all the time, but then again—when does anyone have any “extra” time to spend?

     So—speaking of having extra time, here are a few quotes from L.M. Montgomery that I found from online. Most of them are from Anne of Green Gables though a few are from other novels that she’s written. Each and every book of hers that I’ve read is a delightful balance of inspiration, humor, romance and human eccentricity making the stories come alive with character.

“I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”

“Humor is the spiciest condiment in the feast of existence. Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them, joke over your troubles but gather strength from them, make a jest of your difficulties but overcome them.”

 “Anne: "But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice".
Marilla: "I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones".”

 And since it is almost my fifteenth birthday.....

“I heard someone once say that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl's life.”
-Rilla of Ingleside