April 16 – “Happy Resurrection Day!”

I am writing this post the night before because we are getting up around 4:30 to get out to the sunrise service on the beach.  It was a bust day.  Started out by loading up the truck with the supplies we bought at Sam’s.  Then it was head over to pick up Cailyn.  She was coming with us to the Jamaica Beach Easter egg hunt.  There were lots of kids there, too.  So many that Cailyn decided right away that she didn’t really want to pick up eggs after all.  She did see and spend some time with a few friends she knew from school and church.  I think her favorite thing was the petting zoo piglets.  At least it was her Mom’s.  When we sent some pictures, April wanted her to bring home a piglet.  I sent a suggestion photo, to which Nathan replied, “That’s not much bacon.”  Guess the piglet is out of the question.

From the park we went up to the church to unload and do whatever preliminary setup we could get done.  Jim came to help, as did Lauren and a new volunteer fire fighter, Tristan.  He is attending Texas A&M on the Island, so we hope to be seeing more of him.  Between us we got the tables set up for the breakfast buffet, and moved the chairs down from the retreat center.  I even managed to vacuum and clean off the whiteboard.  I think we are all set for the service and the folks to come for breakfast afterwards.  Then comes the Easter egg hunt around 8:30.  And after that is the communion service at 10:00.  Full day ahead …

Luke 24:1-8 says, “On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.  They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.  In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead?  He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: “The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.”’  Then they remembered his words.”

Father, join with us on the beach in the morning.  Amen.