Christ Arose!

It's truly a pity that we really only sing this hymn once a year. It's my fave. :)

Friday, April 22, 2011

Song of the Day: St. Matthew Passion  (see video in post below)

Reading: The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs (read free, online here)

Verse: Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

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Today was a sadly un-religious day for us. See, tomorrow is the only day that works out for us to have the Hippie-Freak's birthday party so we spent the day baking cakes & getting ready for that.

Here he is showing how old he is while "helping" me make the cake.

Here he is later pretty much wiped out from the long day of cake making and errands.

Later we went to the library.  I thought it would be closed by the time we got there but it was still open for 15 minutes; enough time to start a coloring page. :)

Bach - Matthaeus Passion - 01

O Lamb of God, unspotted
Upon the cross's branch slaughtered,
See ye,—what?—see him forbear,
Alway displayed in thy patience,
How greatly wast thou despisèd.
Look—where, then?—upon our guilt;
All sin hast thou born for us,
Else we had lost all courage.
See how he with love and grace
Wood as cross himself now beareth!
Have mercy on us, O Jesus!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Song of the Day: Indescribable  (see video in post below)

Reading: The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs (read free, online here)

Verse: John 17:1b "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you..."

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Had a fairly pleasant day. Not as glum as previous. Hopefully the sun will return to its normal all day appearance and then we will all be happy again. :D

Dad is helping our oldest to build a computer. It is an exercise in patience on both parts. Not sure which is actually succeeding. :)

Took the Hippie-Freak to Party City today to pick out stuff for his party on Saturday. They had a good deal on some plates & the buckets we'll use for the egg hunt. He thinks it's pretty cool that his birthday is around Easter so he can decorate eggs & do an egg hunt at his party.

Thing 1 continues to amaze me at his ability to self-teach Math.  He's already up to his 9's in his times tables and I haven't done a thing to speak of. :)

Got a new sign language video at class last night. We watched the first segment today. It's very helpful to show the kids how to use body language when signing.  This is apparently very important. I also got my book so I can, hopefully, start learning the grammar better since it is so different from English.

Here is the Hippie-Freak with his barn that he is very proud of. He got a little lazy toward the end and colored outside the lines, but he's getting there. :)

Indescribable, by Chris Tomlin