fear not.

fear not...i do not have TB!  haha.  

not that i thought i did, but x-rays confirmed that.

i lost my bracelet somehow before i got a pic....darn it!

got to spend some time with aubrey today while b and rach were in the hospital

it was fun to spend time with her.

at one point she decided to hide from me.

scariest. thing. ever.

i was trying to find her and when she came out she said:

'i was just hiding!!'  so innocently.  oh gosh i nearly died.

then i came back to take the boys to get whit's.

aubrey and i brought them lunch and so i put two notes on their lunchables saying:

rory/aidan, i hope you have a great day!  i love you!  love, ann.

rory kept his note after his teacher read it to him. 

how stinking sweet is that?!  i love that child.

and when i arrived the first thing he said was:

'you're still my favorite babysitter, you know'

and when i said 'oh yeah?  why's that'

he told me it is because i take him to whit's a lot.

then aidan said i also play the most games with them.

oh to be almost 6 and 8 haha.

went to good friday service tonight and it was so good.

makes me realize how undeserving i am and how worthy He is.

got to chat with cassie and all that's been going on with her husband in the services.

and got to catch up a bit with others, too.

man, i miss my home church.

i feel so disconnected being away.  so out of the loop.

i am just ready for summer when i can join back in again!

happy good friday.

one thing that struck me tonight was that for in the garden of Gethsemane, the Lord was sweating blood.

it is a medical condition when you're so stressed out that you sweat blood.

and Jesus knew that this cup (which was our sins) was upon Him.  and He knew that for the first time ever, He was going to be separated from the Father.

so he was stressin'.

i have heard this before, but it stuck me tonight.

it got me thinking, 'how do i feel when i'm separated from the Father?!'

{which, is a lot, because we sin constantly}

cause Jesus was literally sweating blood, in agony.

oh, how i want to be so dependent on Him that i get there.

that i literally can't function just at the thought of not being in union with Him.

i am so thankful for the sacrifice that He made on the cross.

without Him, i would be nothing and life would be pointless.

His love fulfills and satisfies in ways i could have never imagined.

thanks, God.

 

'while we were still sinners, Christ died for us'