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. 








2 comments:

  1. Your poem returned me to my childhood w/ a new outfit on Easter and church, always church. So much about the resurrection gets lost in the mire of our world. Thank you for writing verse that is pure and gets to the heart of Easter and what it means.

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