Resurrection Sunday and The Folded Napkin

Good afternoon beautiful friends.      I hope and pray that this finds you all doing most wonderful on this magnificent Resurrection Sunday!!!

The Folded Napkin

I pray that everyone has a wonderful Resurrection Sunday when remembering the cross is empty, the stone is rolled away from the tomb, and our Master is not in the grave.      The grave clothes are lying in the corner, but, the napkin that was on his face is folded neatly and placed where His head had lain.

 
If I remember correctly in the Hebrew culture, the folded napkin represents that the Master of the house is not finished with his meal and he will be returning to to the table to finish his meal.         And HE did!!!             He was with His friends and followers for 40 days!           More than 500 people were eyewitnesses to the fact that He's Alive!!!        He's Alive!!!       He's Alive!!!

 
After 40 days, He  ascended into  Heaven to  be with  the Father, just  waiting for the Father to say, "Go get them Son, bring them Home!"         There isn't an obituary any where for Him!         There's no grave marker!            There's no head stone!           Those things are needed only for the dead and NOT the living!          He's Alive!!!

  
He's  sitting  at  the  right  hand of the  Father  pleading  on  behalf of  each  one of us.        When the accuser comes before God and tries to  accuse any  of God's  own  children  of  something,  our Messiah is sitting beside Abba  Daddy  saying, "I  covered  that!"          "Look  again  Father,  My  blood  is covering that!"          "Nope, that's not so Daddy, I took the stripes to cover that!"

 
To know that we have a friend that would take the stripes that actually had our names on them, is almost beyond my comprehension!           The best part of the story, the napkin is still folded and waiting for the Master's return and He is coming again!!!!!!!!!!           He's Alive and He is coming again!!!

 
praise God for the greatest gift we have ever known, Salvation as a result of Resurrection Sunday!!!

I hope and pray as the day slows down that we can all stop and contemplate what the meaning of Resurrection Sunday actually means for us.          it means that we get to spend an eternity with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, our one and only Messiah!!!!          blessings of mercy and grace be ours, all because of Resurrection Sunday.           hugs and love, patty

The Tomb is Empty!!!!!!! It's Resurrection Sunday!!!!!!

good Resurrection Sunday!!!!          may our day be blessed with sweet remembrance of our dear Lord and Savior. 

it's early Sunday morning and the followers of Christ are still grieving and heart broken.          I can imagine that they are still shedding a few tears.        Peter was still probably heart broken over the fact that he had denied knowing Jesus, not only once, but 3 times.         the other disciples were probably walking the floor and trying to make sense of all the treasures that Jesus was sharing with them before He was crucified.         there had been centurions stationed at the entrance of the tomb so His followers wouldn't break in and steal His body.        it was early and the women who loved Jesus just couldn't stand it any longer so they went to the tomb and the found the stone rolled away.         this was just the beginning of all the glorious events that happened on Resurrection Sunday!!!!!!!           the grave couldn't keep Him.          death was not a thing that could hold our Lord and Savior down.         He, alone, has  the  power to overcome death!!!!!        I can just imagine that sun shone brighter that morning.          the birds had a new, sweeter song to sing.         the flowers  was just  a lot more beautiful that morning, simply  because  the earth  was glorious and had the footprints of our Lord and Savior upon it once again.        when Christ rose from the tomb, it was the very thing that we as humanity needed.          His resurrection assures me and you of an eternal resurrection someday when Jesus comes back to claim His own.          

I don't know a lot, but I do know enough to know that if there had not been  the crucifixion of my Lord and Savior, there would not have been a Resurrection!!!        The resurrection is what gives life to my hopes and dreams of being with my Savior some day.         So, of all the days that I am thankful for, Resurrection Day is the day that matters most to me.        He had to be born for all of this to take place, but He also had to be crucified for my salvation.      When the  stone was rolled away, and the tomb was found empty, the cloth that had been on Jesus' face was neatly folded, that was the sign that Jesus would come back to claim His own.          a folded napkin always meant that if someone had left the table and he folded his napkin, he would be back.        he had not finished eating and the servants knew to leave the place setting just as he had left it.      His work on the cross was finished, He said so himself, when He said "It is finished".        But, the folded napkin meant He would be back!!!       how much weight do we give to a folded napkin today?         not much!!        but make no mistake, this folded napkin  said  it  all!!!!         Folks, He is coming back!!!!      Praises and Hallelujah!!         Are you and I ready?          I pray we are!!!

this probably isn't much of a way to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, but I wanted to share what I've always thought about on this day.        I'm so thankful that God loved me enough to provide a way for me to be in right relationship with Him through the events that took place during this Holy Week all those years ago.         were it not for this, we would all be doomed and lost and bound for a devils hell.      

this is a beautiful song sung on this day, may we sing it today with all our heart and commit to love Him even more than we do right now. 

Up From the Grave He Arose

Low in the grave He lay—

  Jesus my Savior!

Waiting the coming day—

  Jesus my Lord!

 

Up from the grave He arose,

With a mighty triumph o’er His foes

He arose a Victor from the dark domain,

And He lives forever with His saints to reign.

He arose! He arose!

  Hallelujah! Christ arose!

Vainly they watch His bed—

  Jesus, my Savior!

Vainly they seal the dead—

  Jesus my Lord!

Death cannot keep his prey—

  Jesus, my Savior!

He tore the bars away—

  Jesus my Lord!

we have a song to sing, let's sing it with praise and adoration.

blessings of love and adoration for the One who loved us this much!!!

hugs and love, patty

Wishing everyone a Happy Resurrection Sunday and a Project

Good afternoon Y'all!   I pray that y'all are enjoying this wonderful Saturday, the day before Resurrection Sunday or Easter Sunday, as we commonly call it.   I'm sure that there is a lot of cooking taking place in homes across the world in preparation for the celebration.    I know that some of my family are cooking and getting ready for the get together at my Mother's tomorrow.   I don't know who all will be there, but I do know there will be a lot of fun taking place tomorrow.   My husband and I will not get to be there, because I am not over the vertigo issue I've had this week and my husband has had to work this weekend but he will be off tomorrow.    I am sad that we won't be there, but I know they will have a great day anyway.   More than likely I won't get to go to church tomorrow.   With my husbands work and sleep schedule, he doesn't get up early enough to get to go.   But that's ok, because God knows our hearts and our motives.

We did have our Easter Cantata at church last Sunday, Palm Sunday.   It was an amazing piece of work.   Our choir is made up of about 15-16 people and you would have thought you was listening to a choir of 100.   I was in the presence of the Lord!!!   God certainly can use a small group of people that are willing to serve Him and I know they made a "joyful noise unto the Lord" last Sunday.   It has never been about the number of people who serve the Lord, but it has always been about the motive of the heart and the willingness to serve Him.   They certainly served Him in a mighty way on Palm Sunday.

During this week, I haven't got to do too much creatively but I did manage to get a card put together that I had been waiting to finish.  It took me just about all week to get it done, but I did and got it off in the mail yesterday to my friend up in Ky that gave me the Glenn Robertson prints.   I hope she gets the card and enjoys it.   I also hope I got it put together correctly.  hahaha   I hope you enjoy the pictures.

I used an embossing folder on the purple background.  It stands out a bit and I liked the way it looked.

I used a spellbinder die to cut around my Iris.   The Iris is a stamp from Crafters Companion.   I really like it a lot.

I took a couple of small pieces of cardstock and made the layer and then the stamped image and popped it on with pop dots,

The finishing touch is an easel to set it on.

I colored this Iris with a combination of Spectrum Noir markers and my water color pencils.   It most assuredly is NOT perfect, but I liked the outcome enough that I was willing to give it to a special friend.   I hope you have enjoyed looking at my project.
      
I pray that everyone has a Happy Easter in remembering the cross is empty, the stone is rolled away from the tomb, and our Master is not in the grave.   The grave clothes are lying in the corner and the napkin that was on his face is folded neatly and placed where His head had lain.   The folded napkin represents that the Master is coming back to His place at the table.    And HE did!!!    He was with His friends and followers for 40 days!    More than 500 people were eyewitnesses to the fact that He's Alive!!!  He's Alive!!!  He's Alive!!!   After 40 days, He ascended into Heaven to be with the Father, just waiting for the Father to say, "Go get them Son, bring them Home!"  There isn't an obituary any where for Him!    There's no grave marker!    There's no head stone!    Those things are needed only for the dead and NOT the living!   He's Alive!!!   He's sitting at the right hand of the Father pleading on behalf of each one of us.   When the accuser comes before God and tries to accuse any of God's own children, of something, our Jesus is sitting beside Abba Daddy saying, "I covered that!"  "Look again Father, My blood is covering that!"   "Nope, that's not so Daddy, I took the stripes to cover that!"   To know that we have a friend that would take the stripes that actually had our names on them, is almost beyond comprehension!     The best part of the story, the napkin is still folded and awaiting the Master's return and "He is coming again"!!!!!!!!!!

I am so thankful that the enemy can't accuse me of sin anymore and get away with it, aren't you?   If you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, the enemy can't accuse you any more either!    Jesus Christ is our risen Lord and Savior!   That has to be the focus of our lives, otherwise the enemy, the accuser will steal our joy.   Lets not let him steal one more second of our joy.   There is a lot of pain and sickness in this life but we don't have to deal with it alone.   We have Jesus Christ that knows all about it and then we have each other.    May we find strength in our Lord and Savior and in our brothers and sisters in Christ!

Happy Easter, Happy Resurrection Morning!!!!   I pray that even if it's raining tomorrow, the "Son" is shining in your heart!

Ladybug, Sweet pea sure loves you and hopes you have a wonderful Easter!

God loves Y'all and so do I!   Happy Easter!   hugs and much love, Patty