Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, everyone! He is risen!

The day dawned gloriously bright and sunny. It was strange though, because I can't remember having a white Easter before...it was also bitingly cold and quite windy. But the sunshine was wonderful! I went to church, had lunch with a friend, and then read part of a John Piper book that was really good. The rest of the day was really nice as well.

I love Easter, because it really brings Christ's amazing work into sharp focus (which should really be remembered every day, but I usually need the extra reminder).

This guy doesn't sing, but I like the way he plays one of my favorite hymns, so I put the lyrics below from hymnsite.com

 O sacred Head, now wounded,   

with grief and shame weighed down,   

now scornfully surrounded   with thorns, thine only crown:   

how pale thou art with anguish,   

with sore abuse and scorn!   

How does that visage languish   

which once was bright as morn!    

What thou, my Lord, has suffered   

was all for sinners' gain;   

mine, mine was the transgression,   

but thine the deadly pain.   

Lo, here I fall, my Savior!   

'Tis I deserve thy place;   

look on me with thy favor,   

vouchsafe to me thy grace.    

What language shall I borrow   

to thank thee, dearest friend,   

for this thy dying sorrow,   

thy pity without end?   

O make me thine forever;   

and should I fainting be,   

Lord, let me never, never   

outlive my love for thee.