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Monday, April 13, 2009

Because He Lives!




I had a lovely Easter weekend. Paunch was here and spent 5 days with us.  Nanma, chose this weekend to begin learning that most humans sleep at night and that since she's one too  (my dad has to be convinced tho. He thinks she looks like a monkey baby!) she better follow the flock! 

Nanma went on her first house visit, her first Sunday service  and her first picnic this weekend!  And for most part of these she was a good little girl. 

I enjoyed the Easter morning sunrise service best. Its an Easter tradition in our campus, for the community to gather early in the morning on the terrace of one of the buildings here and celebrate it with a Sunrise service. Most of the service is composed of singing old favorite Easter songs and there is also a short message. This is followed by breakfast for everyone  at the Nurses hostel mess. 

I was so glad Nanma's first Sunday service was the Easter service because Easter is what her parents' faith is all about.Yes, Jesus died for our sins, but death could not hold him down. He rose again and he lives!!  Not just as a "living in our hearts" like people often say at funerals, he lives as a living God!! yay!!!

The whole day I felt like humming the song "Because He Lives" by the Gaithers. This song was popularised in India after the brutal murder of missionary Graham Stains and his two little boys. When a TV channed interviewed his wife and daughter, they said they forgive the murderer and then went on to sing the chorus of this song. 

Here is my current favorite stanza of the song  and the chorous.

How sweet to hold a newborn baby
And feel the pride and joy she gives
But greater still, the calm assurance
This child can face uncertain days
Because He Lives!

Because he lives I can face tomorrow
Because he lives, all fear is gone
Because I know, yes I know
He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He Lives!


Just before I wrote this post, I went over to another blog i read. I just loved what she had to say. So if you have the time, hop over
here to read it!

Hope y0u had a Happy Easter everyone... or at least a nice weekend!
 

7 comments:

  1. Happy Easter...belated thou' and I am so happy for you...for your little one...and it was just like yesterday ...you were pregnant...and how time flies...

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  2. Happy belated Easter. Loved your inspirational take on it. You're sure to be a great mother.

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  3. Happy Easter and happy beginings one by one let all others be like that only.

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  4. Sukku: Thank you! Yes, to me too it seems like I found out about my pregnancy yesterday!! And now my baby is 4 weeks old!!

    Sucharita: thank you! I wish I had the same confidence!

    Pradip: thank you!

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  5. Sukku: Thank you! Yes, to me too it seems like I found out about my pregnancy yesterday!! And now my baby is 4 weeks old!!

    Sucharita: thank you! I wish I had the same confidence!

    Pradip: thank you!

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  6. Sukku: Thank you! Yes, to me too it seems like I found out about my pregnancy yesterday!! And now my baby is 4 weeks old!!

    Sucharita: thank you! I wish I had the same confidence!

    Pradip: thank you!

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  7. Belated happy easter...Congratulations on Nanma's first Sunday service....and thats a beautiful pic

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