Fly east!
This morning I am sitting home instead of being in church celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Once again, my illness caused me to be sick all night and into this morning. At first, I was really discouraged because Easter is one of my favorite holidays. There is so much joy and hope in remembering that Jesus conquered death and hell for us by His death and resurrection. I was discouraged that I could not be in church with our church family on such a joyful day. That threatened my own joy, and to be honest, it's taken a couple hours of feeling sorry for myself until the Lord asked, "And why can't you be happy and rejoice at home?" That changed my whole perspective on the day. Of course I can be happy here as well as at church. Just because my plans changed doesn't diminish the victory we celebrate today. So, after confessing my self-pity, I've decided to foc...