Today was BUSY! I had a one on one training session with my professor in a class I was totally and completely lost in! It helped alot...and lasted allll morning. Then a doc apt. Turns out, my blood is way too thick again. Doubling doses of coumadin. Ugh. After that I picked up an order from my sweet beautiful friend Deena. She has started her own baking company and let me tell you- this girl ROCKS. From cookies to cakes, she's amazing. You can check out her blog at www.SimplyDeliciousCookies.blogspot.com .
Then I finished Easter shopping, came home, got the fam, went to dinner, attended Good Friday service and then got ice cream, cleaned and got food ready for the family get together tomorrow. I am sooo tired.
About the Good Friday service. My sweet Vaughnie was so sad when she found out that today was Good Friday. We have been using her "resurection eggs" to tell her all about the Easter story. So, when she found out it was Good Friday, she thought that today, in present day time, that Jesus was dying on the cross. She was quite upset. She said "I just cant wait for Easter when he can come back to life. Where is he now?" And I told her he is in Heaven. She corrected me sweetly and sad "You are WRONG Mama. He's in our hearts!" Ohhh my cup runeth over. I adore her.
I was slightly hesitant about taking her to Good Friday service at Hope Luthren Church because I was almost certain they would play clips from the Passions of the Christ movie. They did. She watched very intensly and picked out each character correctly. She was able to pick out Mary, Jesus, the "bad men". She was not as scared of it as I thought she would be. She said "Marys heart is breaking, right mom?"
The service was amazing. One of the pastors (all 7 from the church spoke regarding one of the seven quoted verses from Jesus.), a woman pastor, spoke about Mary. About how she must have felt watching them do that to her son, how she probably wanted to kill them, claw their eyes out, try to get Jesus down, how others around her probably had to hold her up and hold her back. This broke my heart. I had not thought too deeply about her thoughts on it before. Man, as a mom. This is tough.
The end of the service was quite amazing. They showed a clip, turnd off all the lights, candles etc and made the room pitch dark. A man sang a solo, and then on the big screen they played a video of a dove. and then there was a huge, loud, long rumble that shook the entire room for probably a solid minute or two. It felt, much like I expect if felt that day, when the grounds shook. They requsted we all walk out in silence, in the dark and "take it all in". Pretty intense.
And I got to share it with my husband (this is huge), my daughter (God bless her heart), and my best friend (shannon.) What a wonderful, blessed Friday night.
"He was peirced for our transgressions. Crushed for our sins. The punishment that brought US peace was upon HIM. By His wounds, By HIS wounds we are healed.".
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Thank you Meghan for sharing about the Good Friday service and the thoughts and comments from Vaughn. I am crying and smiling at the same time. I am so proud of you as a family leading her in God's way. Doing this together makes a huge everlasting impact on a child. God Bless Your Family!!!
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