after Easter

Today was such a great day... I had the privilege and honor of helping lead worship at Christ Community Church... I was up at 4:30 to get ready and we were at the church at 6:45 to prepare for the 3 services!  It was so wonderful to be apart of our first Easter Sunday at the Milgen Road location.  It was amazing to see three separate groups of people come into the same space and worship God... I mean, really worship God.  It was such a privilege truly to see such an intimate and yet public moment in people's lives.  So the whole point of this blog is just to give thanks to God for what He did on the Cross and for allowing me to be a part of worship like this morning.  There were also moments where the lights would turn to a warm glow and I could just see in my mind's eye, God smiling down on us... I couldn't help but take those moments and bottle them up to pull out later when I am in the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 

"O death, where is your sting!  O hell, where is your victory?"  I had to keep myself from laughing right out loud as we sang those verses over and over again! 

Regardless of the misconceptions others may have of me, I don't have to explain myself to Him... I never had to second guess myself with Him... He knows the numbers of the hairs on my head... He knows my thoughts before they form in my brain... He knows my pain and I don't have to explain it to Him... Hallelujah!  Christ is Risen!  God loves me despite myself!  What a revelation!  What knowledge! 

Christ is Risen (Matt Maher) 

Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
But fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to Him who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely You've bled for us

Chorus
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave

Verse 2 

Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bowed to none but heaven's will
No scheme of hell no scoffer's crown
No burden great can hold You down
In strength  You   reign
Forever let Your church pro - claim

Bridge
O death, where is your sting?
O hell, where is your victory?
O church, come stand in the light
The glory of God has defeated the night
O death, where is your sting?
O hell, where is your victory?
O church, come stand in the light
Our God is not dead
He's alive! He's alive!