Do not be afraid..

But the angel said to the women, Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified ...

He is Alive!!

~Matthew 28

Preparation Day

"Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock,

one in which no one had yet been laid.

It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin."

~Luke 23:53,54

Father, forgive them

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

~Luke 23:34

Wait for the Lord

"Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!"

~Psalm 27:13 

We will reap

"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."

~Galatians 6:9

Mother comforts

"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you;

you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."

~Isaiah 66:13

Nor pain anymore

"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more,

neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore,

for the former things have passed away."

~Revelation 21:4

The Old Rugged Cross

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day, for a crown.

"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."

~C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Above every name

"Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named."

~Ephesians 1:21

They sing

"Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches."

~Psalm 104:12 

Nils Holgersson

"But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles."

~Isaiah 40:31

Time flies ..

"How can a young man keep his way pure?"  ;-)
~Psalm 119:9a

The Lord is near

"The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth."

~Psalm 145:18 

Snow, gó

"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."

~Psalm 51:7

Hope we see no more, till December..

In its time

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity into man's heart."

~Ecclesiastes 3:11

Rooted and built up

"Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith"

~Colossians 2:6-7

Joyful in hope

"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

~Romans 12:12

We are God's children

"Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared;
but we know that when He appears we shall be like him, because we shall see Him as He is."
~1 John 3:2

the love of God

God loves us completely.

And He knew us at our worst before He ever began to love us at all.

And in the love of God there are no degrees; 
there is only Love.

~Rich Mullins