Resurrection Day!

In Christ Alone

Keith Getty & Stuart Townend

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,

firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace,

when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!

My Comforter, my All in All,

here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless babe!

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones he came to save:

Till on that cross as Jesus died,

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid;

Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain:

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave he rose again!

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,

For I am His and He is mine -

Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,

This is the power of Christ in me;

From life's first cry to final breath.

Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell, no scheme of man,

Can ever pluck me from His hand;

Till He returns or calls me home,

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

Listen to this song here.

New Again

When I became a mother, I suddenly found that I had a fresh appreciation of the cross. I've always been very tender when it comes to Jesus's suffering and death, but realizing that God had sent his only Son to earth - knowing that he would be beaten, tortured and ultimately die, touched me deeply. I can't imagine ever purposely choosing such a fate for my own child.

Music moves me in a way that written and spoken word never have been able to. I ran across this song last Easter, just a few months after I had Peanut. It brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it.

Take five minutes and listen here. It's worth it, I promise.