April 23, 2011 11:45 PM

Preparing for the big day!

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday - the holiest day on our Christion calendar and the culmination of several days of preparation commemorating the Last Supper and The Crucifixion of our Jesus. Tonight, for many, is the most significant service of the year - the Easter Vigil. However, I have a hard time accepting this service as it embraces the concept that the third day after the crucifiction has begun at sundown and that Jesus, has therefore, already risen from the dead giving cause for great celebration.

This may be true as nobody knows exactly when Jesus did arise from the dead. However, in the Bible it states that the confirmation of his departure from the tomb was only realized on the morning of the third day when the women went there to pay their respects. Therefore, for me, going to the Saturday night service would do nothing but diminish the significance of Easter Sunday by usurping that service as being the true celebration of Jesus' rising from the dead.

Tomorrow, of course, it is off to church to celebrate. The choir will sing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah - always a crowd pleaser and always fun to sing. Then ity is off to my sister-in-law's house for a family gathering. Hopefully, the weather cooperates as it was nothing but misewrable today - cold and rainy. Another year with no spring. But, once again, I can't complain as it is another year of life for me.

Not much else to report as I have spent my evenings at church and my days at home as the weather has been so-so.

Let me close by wishing everyone a "Happy Easter" as we celebrate the true meaning of God's gift to us...

Bob