Easter

As I have grown older my love for Easter and my Savior has grown as well.

The Easter Bunny did find our apartment and let us deliver a few gifts as well this year. ;)

I've always loved waking up on Easter Sunday and finding an Easter basket that the 'Easter Bunny' had made special just for me. It was always filled with candy and little toys and things that just made my heart happy. Every time I would try to act all cool like it wasn't a big deal so I wouldn't seem like a softy. To be honest, it was sort of like waking up on Christmas morning, though (I say "sort of" because I don't think any other holiday quite compares to Christmas for me). It has always been a delightful day in my life. That still hasn't changed.

I have always had a special place in my heart for Easter but, the past few years I have learned to REALLY appreciate and LOVE the true and real meaning behind Easter. I have LIVED off of the atonement in these last couple years. I have thrived off of it. I can't even begin to understand what I would do if I didn't have its power in my life. I don't know all of the details of the crusifiction or the resurrection and I know my brain just doesn't/won't/can't comprehend all that happened. I don't expect or need it to. I already KNOW without a doubt that Jesus Christ died for each and every single one of us. I know he lives for us, too. There is so much in this life that I don't know or that I am not sure of but the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is not one of those things. I love my Heavenly Father. I love my brother, Jesus Christ. I love the church that I belong to. There isn't a second of a day that goes by that I am not thankful for it. I am nothing without it, without them.

I think Elder Robert L. Backman says it best when he said, "Every blessing I have in my life, everything I hold dear and precious in my heart, I can trace to my membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to my love of the Lord, and to my testimony of his divine gospel". Those words are my EXACT feelings.

So here is to the many years to come that I get to learn and grow with this handsome guy by my side. Here is to the days ahead that I know will be hard and that all we will have is our Savior and His gospel. Here is to the beautiful life and joy I feel every single day because of Him. We really are so blessed.

Here is a solid video:

https://youtu.be/KZ_VlQ8M5EE