Melbourne

Samantha and I made a short trip to Melbourne from 9 to 12 April.

It was great to be able to see the 12 Apostles and travel along the Great Ocean Road.

Easter 2010: Post-Israel

"God digs deep in us. With each digging, the soil of our soul is turned over, aerated where Spirit fills with sweet healing breath, ready to spring forth life.

Each of us experiences loss in profoundly personal and different ways. The teaching, the jewels of Life, are found in those deep dark crevices. If only we let Him dig for them.

The suffering and the glory, so bound up with each other that we don't know where one begins and the other ends. This is the mystery, the celebration, the death and resurrection."

God is working on me and I have so much to learn and I feel so loved this Easter because of His love for me. :) Having a deeper understanding of what took place on Maundy Thursday at the Garden of Gethsamane, on Good Friday at Golgotha and Easter Sunday at the Garden Tomb, I just feel so loved.

Jesus did not have to suffer and die on the cross but He chose to do so for our sake. The Father was so grieved that He tore His clothes (that is, the veil to the Holy of Holies was torn) and He too died as Christ did die. And because Christ is risen, I also have the same resurrection power to go forth.