soap bubble beards

Day 101

As today is Resurrection Day, I called home for a little chat. My sister, Emily (in the 1.5 minutes I talked to her), told me about the time when she was babysitting where an episode of dishwashing with the kids eventually led to the creation of soap bubble beards. Remember those? I always loved it when Mom would put them on me or my younger siblings when we were little – I really got a kick out of looking in the mirror at my old man face.

Onward.

Julie & I sang in church again this morning – another song of God’s amazing love for us, with William Rees’ original words slightly altered to fit the occasion of Christ’s GLORIOUS resurrection.

Here is love, vast as the ocean,
Lovingkindness as a flood,
When the Prince of Life, our Ransom,
Shed for us His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten,
Throughout Heav’n’s eternal days.

On the mount of crucifixion,
Fountains opened deep and wide;
From the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love, like mighty rivers,
Poured incessant from above,
And Heav’n’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love.

On the third day Christ arose/He had conquered death and sin/And he gives eternal life/To all those who trust in him/He alone will be my glory/Nothing in the world I see/He has cleansed and sanctified me/He alone has set me free.

Christ is risen!