In a nutshell is the appropriate description alright, lol! It all started innocently enough, checking email, deleting all the spam and scanning a few that looked interesting. And there it was, the big egg hunt at Coffeecup Software. So I figured I'd check it out and get on with my day. Well, that was Monday, early afternoon, and I'm just now coming up for air! I'm kinda mad at myownself, coz I found several eggs in the very beginning, but left them there, thinking I'd look for the golden egg. Who knew those people were so tricky?! By the time I had had enough and went back, all those eggs were claimed. I vowed that I'd claim the very next one with a prize I wanted. Six days later, I've found about 3 dozen already claimed eggs - just missed a couple by seconds - and probably at least 5-6 unclaimed that I didn't want. Can you say OCD?!
During the moments I tore myself away, I made the mistake of reading open comments under a news article. It's truly sad how malevolent people are these days. (Don't even get me started!)
I also learned that the school in which I spent 7 wonderful developing years was closed at the end of last term. It was a bombshell to the parents and staff and many people were up in arms about it. This was an A school, one of the best in the state, according to what I've read. The very same night, I read that the church I grew up in was torn down a few years back to make room for a parking lot, part of the county's plan to renovate 'downtown'. They did save the original chapel, which was named after one of my favourite cousins. The church was within a stone's throw of my grandparent's house - the town's oldest house still standing a day earlier - which had just been demolished when we visited a few years ago. Finally, I hope, it seems the Easter sunrise service that was for many, many years held on Main Street has been moved to the next town. *sigh* It was almost like my entire childhood just went up in a puff of late-night smoke. Reckon Tom Wolfe was right... you can't go home again.
Last, but not least, Firefox updated itself the other day. Ever since, one of my most frequented sites doesn't like it. The browser completely freezes up every time I go there. I'm not talking your normal, annoying, have to wait a few seconds for it to respond, I'm talking full-blown browser-death. Just sits there, 'not responding'. Oddly, the cursor still moves, but can't make anything happen. Even Ctrl-Alt-Del won't work most of the time. I even tried a system restore. I went back to a pre-update time. Unfortunately, the update stayed and FF doesn't give one the option to download a previous version. So, I've moved all my bookmarks back over to IE and am now getting used to what was, up until a few days ago, a slightly inferior experience.
And now the good news! Today, we are celebrating the death and LIFE of our risen Saviour! How awesome to know that He willingly suffered and died to pay the penalty for our crimes against God! Who among us can even begin to fathom a love like that? Thank you, JESUS!
My prayer today is that we all will stop forgetting who we are. We are royalty, made in His image, adopted into His family! If He deemed us a worthy purchase, we should honour His sacrifice by standing tall and facing each day with the assurance that whatever comes our way, He is in control and will NEVER leave us or forsake us.
Have a JESUS-filled Resurrection Day!
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