jack johnson says it best...

do you remember when we first met

i sure do

it was sometime in early September.

you were lazy about it

you made wait around

i was so crazy about you, i didn't mind...

...i was crazy about you then 

and now the craziest thing of all, 

[almost] ten years have gone by

and you're still mine,

we're locked in time, 

let's rewind...

...well, all these times they come and go

and alone don't seem so long

[almost] ten years have gone by

we can't rewind

we're locked in time

and you're still mine

do you remember?

these were the lyrics that rang through the kitchen this morning

as i cooked up some pancakes and Daniel fed the girlies

the song always sends me down memory lane

we too, met in september (of 2003 - man, i felt old even typing that!)

then i made him wait, and wait...and wait some more

until nine years ago, today

when we went out for our first date

it was my first time at the olive garden

and we've gone every march 31st since 

(except for our 2nd anniversary - but that's another story for another day!)

this year, we decided to swap out our our usual dinner for a lunch date instead

since we're having a big dinner tonight to celebrate Easter 

which is something much bigger and better to celebrate

today we celebrate our Lord Jesus dying on the cross

to pay the debt we've incurred by our sin

then rising from death three days later

having conquered sin and death

and now, because of this, we have access to salvation and redemption

and eternal life in heaven with Him

and a transformed life for the time that we're on earth

not because of anything that we have done

but because of His grace and what He has done on our behalf

guys, this is a big deal!

there is no other way to salvation, but through Him

and we are so very grateful for His transforming work on the cross and in our lives

and the hope that it has given us

thank you, thank you, thank you Jesus!
 

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Happy Easter, everybody!