Easter Is More
EASTER IS MORE
More than just chocolate, more than just clothes,
More than just bunnies--though folks may like those.
More than just eggs that are colored so bright,
Hidden in crevices just out of sight.
More than just lilies blooming in spring;
Easter is more than just all of those things.
Out on a hillside three men had died,
Two thieves and a Hebrew there crucified.
One in the middle, beaten and bruised,
Mocked by the witnesses, roughly abused.
He had been nailed there, for He had claimed
To be Messiah--now He was shamed.
Darkness had fallen at high noon that day
As God His Father had turned away.
He became sin for all of mankind
So that salvation in Him we could find.
Then to a gravesite, a borrowed tomb,
Jesus was placed, and His followers felt gloom.
But on that morning of the first day
An angel with earthquake rolled the stone away!
Jesus had risen, conquering hell,
Giving us hope and a message to tell:
Easter is more than just secular things
That commerce and industry will often bring.
Easter is life and forgiveness from sin
When we let this Savior come freely in.
So at this special time of the year
When words of Easter come to your ear,
Think first of Jesus, trust Him today,
Let Him take all of your sin now away.
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