Easter was a beautiful day but rounding out a LONG spring break for us. We love going to church but Matthew had been sick all week and Tanner woke up with a fever. Matthew was looking at all his candy and would say... "I just love this day" then the would say "Merry Easter". It was so cute... but we are all confused...lol!! With my two youngest not wanted to find eggs and no interest in their baskets... we had a real low key day.
But I do have to say that ... I LOVE Easter... there was a conference talk given one time about that our "Sunday Will Come" ... it was by Joseph Wirthlin. It was at a time in my life where I had miscarried twice and was at a really LOW point in my life. It was given in 2006 and I had been heartbroken, discouraged, and deflated with life. My heart and mind were in a place where the was much confusion and loneliness. And this is one of the talks that helped me heal and know that all will be well... in the Lord's time. I knew that my Sunday would come. I learned so much about myself , My Heavenly Father, and most of all the atonement of Jesus Christ. I was 30+ years old and just realized that the atonement is for me in my pain, anguish, and suffering... he died for me... suffered for me. How grateful I am for the atonement... How grateful I am to understand and fully realized the healing power of the atonement. Here is the last part of the talk:
"The Resurrection transformed the lives of those who witnessed it. Should it not transform ours?
We will all rise from the grave. And on that day my father will embrace my mother. On that day I will once again hold in my arms my beloved Elisa.
Because of the life and eternal sacrifice of the Savior of the world, we will be reunited with those we have cherished.
On that day we will know the love of our Heavenly Father. On that day we will rejoice that the Messiah overcame all that we could live forever.
Because of the sacred ordinances we receive in holy temples, our departure from this brief mortality cannot long separate relationships that have been fastened together with cords made of eternal ties.
It is my solemn testimony that death is not the end of existence. “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.”7 Because of the risen Christ, “death is swallowed up in victory.”8
Because of our beloved Redeemer, we can lift up our voices, even in the midst of our darkest Fridays, and proclaim, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”9
When President Hinckley spoke of the terrible loneliness that comes to those who lose the ones they love, he also promised that in the quiet of the night a still, unheard voice whispers peace to our soul: “All is well.”
I am grateful beyond measure for the sublime true doctrines of the gospel and for the gift of the Holy Ghost, which has whispered to my soul the comforting and peaceful words promised by our beloved prophet.
From the depths of my sorrow, I have rejoiced in the glory of the gospel. I rejoice that the Prophet Joseph Smith was chosen to restore the gospel to the earth in this last dispensation. I rejoice that we have a prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley, who directs the Lord’s Church in our day.
May we understand and live in thanksgiving for the priceless gifts that come to us as sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father and for the promise of that bright day when we shall all rise triumphant from the grave.
That we may always know that no matter how dark our Friday, Sunday will come is my prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
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