Easter Thought

Easter is upon us - Will you be dancing with the band
- Or be rejoicing with the Saviour?

He's Alive!

I love Easter time. For many it is only a celebration of bunny rabbits and colored eggs but to us who know Christ in the fullest, it is a celebration commemorating His resurrection. So today I say, Glory to God in the Highest, for Jesus is Risen! Yes, HE truly LIVES!

A Pattern of Love

A pattern of thorns placed upon a brow
Unveiling a crown, dignity not to allow.
A pattern of heading up Calvary’s hill
Steep and roughed as to break one’s will.

A pattern of pillage of the mind and flesh
Taunting and mocking to amply enmesh
A pattern of rejection encased on a tree
Gnarled and crooked, no beauty to see.

A pattern of royalty hung between thieves
Seizing a moment of overwhelming griefs
A pattern of nails driven in a pure hand
Revealing the cruelty of the cynical man.

A pattern of blood gushing from a King’s side
Piercing the spirit, humility no room to abide
A pattern of a robe engaged in a game
Soldiers gambling lots, to the owner’s defame.

Then comes a pattern of mercy and grace
Because of Calvary, transgressions to erase
For a pattern of love died for our sins to depart
Devotion designed in our God’s own heart.

A Pattern of Love, written by Karen Hopper

Calvary's Voice

Calvary speaks of unwavering love...
Love pressed against a rugged cross,
Crimson trails etching their way downward
in a solemn journey to the ground.

Calvary reaches out in love...
Love that echoes its song across the canyon,
Triumphantly releasing a serenade of conquests
Having mastered death, hell and the grave.

Calvary's Voice, written by Karen Hopper

The Resurrection

The Resurrection gives life meaning and direction
and opportunity to start over
no matter what the circumstances.

It's Not in the Ears or Eggs

Remember that Easter is about much more
than bunnies with big ears
and baskets of colored eggs.

Easter Blessings

My Wish to You & Yours

Apostles of Hope

Tradition has it that white lilies (often called "white-robed apostles of hope) were found growing in the Garden of Gethsemane where drops of Christ's sweat fell to the ground in his final hours of sorrow and deep distress.
Each time we see an Easter Lily, may we think on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the hope He has given us through life everlasting.

Because He Lives

Today, we Celebrate Jesus because of His Resurrection. I love the words found in the song, Because He Lives. It is what Easter is all about.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, all fear is gone.
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living, just because He lives.


Wishing you and yours a Blessed Easter filled with an abundance of goodness, mercy and grace.~