what easter means to me

Baskets with plastic grass and matching dresses

Fancy hats, white gloves, and lacy bobby socks

Boiled eggs and treats galore, family togetherness

Is this what Easter means to me? 

Worship with words and praise through songs

Scriptures by the apostles of old

Thoughts of the Garden and the Cross

Is this what Easter means to me?

Remembering each wound I caused

Considering the heartaches He healed

Partaking of His infinite Atonement

Is this what Easter means to me?

His birth

His life

His death

Is this what Easter means to me? 

Agony and pain

Three days of mourning the Son

Mists of darkness to be overcome

Is this what Easter means to me? 

An angel and an empty tomb

Mary, the first to witness and attest

Disciples one by one

Is this what Easter means to me? 

My Savior, your Savior

Rising triumphant from that grave

Proving to the world that God's love will overcome

The sun will shine on all with care

We too will rise in the light of God's grace

His joy is our joy when all is done

All of it is what Easter means to me.