Risen!

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Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
We fix our eyes upon the cross
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And bled for us
Freely you bled, for us

Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave!

Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bow to none but heavens will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer’s crown
No burden great can hold you down
In strength you reign
Forever let your church proclaimpink

Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave

Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light!
Our God is not dead, he’s alive! he’s alive!

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Matt Maher: “Christ is Risen”—Listen here!

This song resonates with the power of Easter morning’s joy.  I so enjoyed singing it Easter morning and share it now in case you have missed it.  It is a song for today and every day as we ‘walk in the light as He is in the light’ enjoying fellowship with the Father and with His called out ones because Christ is risen!

Blessings!

–LS 

A tromp out back…

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Went for a tromp out back this week, just to see if there were any signs of spring besides MUD!!!

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I found the daintiest little emergings of huckleberry green and pinkery….

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Instead of a host of daffodils I found these bear delicacies…

Skunk Cabbage in all its odoriferous splendour!

 

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This old giant has had a hard life. R.I.P.

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This lovely ‘stream’ forms the boundary line of our property and is actually a drainage ditch for all the run-off we’ve been having.  It’s nicely glorified by wild ferns and foliage…

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And here’s a brave little  blossom about to lift her head and announce “Fresh Salmonberries on the way!”

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Meanwhile an adolescent cedar comes to his end in our front yard midst bright trails of confetti, his growth spurt ended before he could reach the power lines and cause untold trouble.  He marks for us our history in this house…

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And that is the latest in our ‘neck of the woods’…in this season marked by death and resurrection.

Blessings on your celebrations!

–LS

It’s here!

Winter went out with one last flurry. 

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And then it was spring…

Never mind that there’s not much indication of it,
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Until you look more closely…

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and then you see…

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The forsythia’s dancing days have come!

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Spring is here!

–LS
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