Blessed Easter, everyone!

“Christ the Lord is risen today,”
Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say;
Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens and earth reply.
Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King;
Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Alleluia!
Once He died, our souls to save;
Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave?
Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done;
Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Alleluia!
Death I vain forbids Him rise;
Alleluia!
Christ has opened Paradise.
Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led,
Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head;
Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise;
Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
Alleluia!

This is my favourite Easter song. The last verse especially always stays in my head, with the triumphant ending, “Made like Him, like Him we rise; Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Alleluia!” The harmony is very beautiful as well, especially now that I’ve mastered the alto. There are a good number of people who sing harmony in our church, which always kind of finishes the song nicely. We sang this one this morning.


I’m home for the weekend. I have Monday off too, so I will go back in the afternoon.
I had a clumsy moment yesterday. I opened the door of my car to get in, but slipped on the ice. About to slide under the car, I grabbed wildly at the roof and managed to stay upright. However, in the process, I whacked my right ankle really hard on the doorframe. I sat for a couple of minutes until it didn’t hurt so bad, and then went to work. It really only started to bother me when I was driving home after work. Because you have to use both feet driving a standard, I couldn’t really rest my right foot. Yesterday evening my ankle was really swollen, and pressure bandages and ice didn’t help, as it’s more of a bruise than a sprain. Today everyone at church asked why I was hobbling around (especially because I can’t fit into my Sunday shoes, so I had to wear my wooden and leather clogs). Hope it subsides a little before I have to drive back tomorrow.