Happy Easter!

We had a lovely Easter weekend with our children, my parents, grandparents, cousins, and friends. I love Easter! I wish I was able to write something spiritually profound about this favorite holiday, but I'm rarely good at that. So instead, I want to share the lyrics to a song I've been singing to celebrate. This song was sung at Ben McCollum's service last weekend. I thought about Ben a lot as I prepared for Easter. So strange how his death represents life. While eggs and green grass reminded me of new life this year, as always, so did Ben's picture on my refrigerator. Through the gift of Christ's death and resurrection, Ben's life is made new, he is breathing deep full breaths (for the first time!) in eternity with God!

In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found;
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love,
what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled,
when strivings cease!
My comforter,
my all in all—Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone,
Who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.

Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev'ry sin on Him was laid—Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day,
Up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory,
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me;
For I am His and He is mine—Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death—This is the pow'r of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.

No pow'r of hell,
no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home—Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand.
To listen to the song click here