Let the streets resound with singing

What a weekend! We got to:

• Have dinner with Dusty and Emily, who I have not seen in WAY to long
• Attend a special presentation by our church
  
• Go to Josh's grandmothers to see the fam and have an awesome homecooked meal
  
• Try out Rock Band for the first time
• Listen to the church band rock out and hear a message that made me think of the resurrection from a different perspective
• Be included in a family dinner with the Burgess-Henwood-Foster clan
• Relax and watch a movie with my hubby

Growing up for me, Easter was never really a big deal in my family. Don't get me wrong ... Christ is risen ... BIG DEAL .... traditional egg hunt, Easter bunny, candy, new clothes, big meal .... not so big a deal. So I wasn't expecting a lot this Easter (the first I haven't spent in OH). But it was quite nice.

Friday night the church did a thing called Stations of the Cross that our small group walked through together. They decided to focus on the suffering and death of Christ on Friday rather than skipping ahead to the to the celebration. Then this morning, it really was a celebration. We sang a song that I have heard many times but today it just struck me through the lyrics that without the resurrection none of it would be true. Sometimes it is easy to forget how drastically one weekend is history has changed our lives, but today was a good reminder. So awesome.

Did You Feel The Mountains Tremble?

Did you feel the mountains tremble?
Did you hear the oceans roar?
When the people rose to sing of
Jesus Christ the risen one

Did you feel the people tremble?
Did you hear the singers roar?
When the lost began to sing of
Jesus Christ the risen one

And we can see that God you're moving
A mighty river through the nations
And young and old will turn to Jesus
Fling wide your heavenly gates
Prepare the way of the risen Lord

Open up the doors and let the music play
Let the streets resound with singing
Songs that bring your hope
Songs that bring your joy
Dancers who dance upon injustice

Did you feel the darkness tremble?
When all the saints join in one song
And all the streams flow as one river
To wash away our brokeness

And here we see that God you're moving
A time of Jubilee is coming
When young and old return to Jesus
Fling wide your heavenly gates
Prepare the way of the risen Lord