happy easter sunday!

Today we celebrate our Savior's perfect life, death, and resurrection.  Jesus said, "Because I live, ye shall live also" (John 14:19).   I'm so thankful for what He has done for me!  I'll never be able to repay Him, but as a Christian I can always ask myself what it means to be a follower of Christ.  It's remembering Him, keeping His commandments, and learning to love people the way He does.  I hope you have a Happy Easter :)  You can read an Easter message that I really enjoy here.

photo: Simon Dewey's painting, "He Lives"

a spiritual weekend.

Since it was the weekend before Easter, there were a lot of activities going on around campus that helped me focus on Jesus and prepare to celebrate the true meaning of Easter--Christ's sacrifice for us--this upcoming Sunday.

Ariel and I woke up early Saturday morning to go to the Provo temple. Then we went to BYU's Easter Conference.  We got to hear speakers and listen to some beautiful music numbers.  My favorite talks were entitled "Worshipping Christ" and "What the Atonement Meant for Jesus."  After the conference, Ariel and I spent the day in the library, and that night we went to a Passover Seder Service.  I've never celebrated the Passover before, so I learned a lot!  It was really cool participating in the whole ceremony.

Sunday I went to church as usual, and later that night there was a special devotional where we heard from Doctor Skinner, a professor of ancient scripture here at BYU.  He spoke about The Last Supper and focused on John, chapters 13-17.

This whole weekend was really special.  It reminded me I need to be better about keeping the Savior in my thoughts each day.  I'm really excited to celebrate Easter this weekend.  I hope we can all remember the true meaning of the holiday, and think about what Jesus Christ means personally to each of us.