This past weekend, my six-year old grandson Benjamin asked me, "Grandmother how do you know God is real? You cannot see Him or touch Him." I replied, "You invite God to come into your heart and He gives you an awareness of His presence." A moment of silence, then he asked "Grandmother, can I invite God into my heart?" "Of course," I replied. We then prayed the prayer for God to come into Benjamin’s heart for always and for this "seed of faith to bloom."

No greater blessing could I have asked for this Easter season.

As we celebrate our Savior’s resurrection this Sunday, I pray God’s blessings on you and your family.

The tomb of Christ is but the bed
He rested on three days.
Easter morn He rose again,
The flower of our spring.
On Him, arisen from the dead,
Must we, though flesh decays,
Bestow our faith that when we die
Our souls, like His, shall not long lie
Forsaken in our tomb.
Christ shall, with deep affection, when
He sees our soul's affliction, then
Redeem us with His pain.
In His eternal suffering
Shall we find grace enough to bring
The seed of faith to bloom.
(Copyright by Nicholas Gordon)