Easter Meditations

The meaning of Easter is not found in cute bunnies and colored eggs. For us who know Jesus, it’s so much more. It’s when He conquered death and the grave.Easter is the fulfillment of Jesus’ love.—Amanda White

Jesus departed from our sight that we might return to our heart and there find Him. For He departed and, behold, He is here.—St.Augustine

The Resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over, no matter what my circumstances.—Robert Flatt

The simple message thatchanged the world forever wasthis one: “He is not here. He is risen.”—Linda Bowles

A man who was completely innocent offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

—Mahatma Gandhi

The nail-pierced hands of Jesusreveal the love-filled heart ofGod.—Author unknown

Life doesn’t begin at forty or attwenty, but at Calvary.—ElaineKilgore

If Jesus was alive again in 33 ad,He is alive today because He is God. That is the message of Easter.—Michael Whitehead

Jesus Christ burst from the grave and exploded into myheart.—Donna Hosford

Let the Resurrection joy lift usfrom loneliness and weakness anddespair to strength and beautyand happiness.—Floyd W. Tomkins

ON EASTER DAY

On Easter Day the lilies bloom,

Triumphant, risen from their tomb.

Their bulbs have undergonerebirth,

Born from the silence of the earth

Symbolically, to tell all men

That Christ, the Savior, lives again.

The angels, pure and white as they,

Have come and rolled the stoneaway;

And with the lifting of the stone,

The shadow of the cross is gone!

—June Masters Bacher