Passage: “There is salvation in no one else, for
there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
I have fond memories of Easter from my childhood.
It was a time to be with family that I usually did not see at other holidays
like Christmas or Thanksgiving. Lunch on that Sunday was usually at my
Aunt Fanny’s house near Red Store west of Waurika. Her yard would be
covered in flowers and the house would smell of the finest of foods. My
aunt cooked for farm hands and harvest crews her entire life and was famous for
her desserts.
For some reason, Easter egg hunts were always held at
Grandmother Bodenhamer’s house where my cousins, Mark and Jenny would hunt eggs
and then hide them from our parents. Every time we hid them there were
fewer and fewer eggs. I would always imagine what my grandfather would
say when he mowed the yard later and would hit those rotten forgotten Easter
eggs.
My birthday always falls somewhere around Easter, and
sometimes even on Easter Sunday - I guess that is why this is my favorite time
of year. The weather can be exciting, nature is waking up from winter’s
sleep, outdoor activities become more frequent and life seems renewed.
Easter is the greatest celebration of the Christian
year. Christmas is the most anticipated but the most maligned.
Easter is a complete rebirth, in that we move from the darkest moment in
history of man to the greatest moment in the Kingdom of God. Death
becomes life, despair gives way to celebration, hopelessness finds its way to
possibility, fear folds into faith.
Easter is more than a chance for absentees to make their
yearly appearance and more than a time to feel good about Spring. Easter
is the quintessential manifestation of God’s long-term plan of salvation for
mankind. Jesus’ crucifixion paid our price, but his resurrection sealed
the fate of Satan, death and sin.
JESUS WON and Easter Sunday is our annual victory
celebration.
HE IS ALIVE, HE IS ALIVE, PRAISE GOD HE IS ALIVE.
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