Rejoice!

But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. ~Matthew 28: 5-6

And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. ~Matthew 28:9

In March

March leads the way to springtime,
And can't make up her mind
To follow gentle paths
And leave the snow behind.


One day she's tame and mild
And beckons birds on wing,
Coaxing green buds forth
Acting much like spring.




Next day she's fierce and wild
With blustery winds that blow,
Tossing star like flakes
of winter's crystal snow.


Her playful tricks are typical,
And we have learned to smile
When march starts cutting capers
In her naughty style.

The children love her mischief
And sail their kites with glee,
As March winds romp and play
O'er the land and sea.

~LaVerne P. Larson

Good Friday

I am the resurrection and the life. 

He who believes in me, 

though he may die, he shall live.  

~John 11:25

Sweet Spring

Sweet spring is your 
time is my time is our
time for springtime is love time
and viva sweet love

(all the merry little birds are
flying in the floating in the
very spirits singing in 
are winging in the blossoming)



lovers go and lovers come 
a wandering a wondering
but any two are perfectly
alone there's nobody else alive

(such a sky and such a sun
I never knew and neither did you
and everybody never breathed
quite so many kinds of yes)


not a tree can count his leaves
each herself by opening
but shining who by thousands mean
only one amazing thing

(secretly adoring shyly
tiny winging darting floating
merry in the blossoming
always joyful selves are singing) 

sweet spring is your 
time in my time is our
time for spring time is love time
and viva sweet love...

~E.E. Cummings

Is The Spring Coming?

"Is the spring coming?" he said. 

"What is it like?" ......

"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine..."  ~Frances Hodgson Burnett

"When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself." ~Ernest Hemingway

"Spring is the time of plans and projects." ~Leo Tolstoy

Palm Sunday

Today is Palm Sunday which marks Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is also the beginning of Holy Week. Today, we remember not just Jesus' entry into Jerusalem in the past, but also his entry in the future. Be reminded of the reason for the Easter season. Surrounded by all the busyness take remember and reflect on Jesus and His resurrection.




Jesus found a donkey and sat upon it, as Scripture says : Do not fear, city of Zion! See your king is coming, sitting on the colt of a donkey! -John 12:14

The people who walked ahead of Jesus, and those who followed him, began to shout, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he  who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" -Matthew 21:8-9

Thou Art The Iris

In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove; in the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. ~Lord Alfred Tennyson

Thou art the Iris, fair among the fairest,
Who, armed with golden rod
And winged with celestial azure, bearest
The message of some God.

                                       ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. ~Harriet Ann Jacobs