For about six weeks now, we have been experiencing a true spring here in Shanghai. The last two days have been 80 degrees, which makes me think that summer has already arrived, BUT I really want to write about the spring because it has been AMAZING!
This will totally sound cheesy and Easter-y, but Steve and I have been overjoyed by the budding, flowering, and all together "springing" of the world around us. After living four years in Santa Barbara and being in Costa Rica last year, we were at a point where we couldn't really remember what a true spring felt like. Well, now we know, and it feels like THIS SONG!!!!
Christ Has Risen
by Matt Maher
Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
We fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to him who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely you bled, for us
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave!
Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bow to none but heavens will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown
No burden great can hold you down
In strength you reign
Forever let your church proclaim
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave
Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light!
The glory of God has defeated the night!
Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light!
Our God is not dead, he's alive! he's alive!
Listen to it on YouTube and you can get hooked with joy too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IExdrZGQVeI
by Matt Maher
Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
We fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to him who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely you bled, for us
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave!
Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bow to none but heavens will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown
No burden great can hold you down
In strength you reign
Forever let your church proclaim
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave
Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light!
The glory of God has defeated the night!
Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light!
Our God is not dead, he's alive! he's alive!
Listen to it on YouTube and you can get hooked with joy too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IExdrZGQVeI
Rise up from the grave! Christ has risen! Spring has been awesome! If Shanghai were springtime all year round, it would be a terrific place to live! We didn't need to turn on our heater or air conditioning, we saw blue sky almost every day, and everything is so GREEN! Come awake! Come awake! Come and rise up from the grave!!!! Who knew spring could bring so much joy? What a cool reminder of Easter, the joy of new life, and the power of our Christ.