My wife, Sue, is the editor for this blog. She is the person responsible for why what I write is actually readable, challenging things that are not clear for all readers and insuring that I don’t use jargon that might obscure what I’m trying to share.
Every year at Easter, I ask my wife to write an article about this sacred season for all Christians.
Here now is this year’s Easter message.
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As a Child, holidays always start with important firsts that go with them throughout their life, colors, smells, impressions, people, animals and music, the lists might, could, and should go on throughout our life span.
For me there were 4, Halloween, Birthdays, Christmas, Easter, and always in that order.
Halloween was candy, traveling the same neighborhood, the same ghost costume and the same container to collect the candy, always having to wear my winter clothes under that sheet, year after year, after year, and of course the sounds of squealing children echoing from the tallest trees with the smells of fall embracing your core.
Christmas wore the colors, red and green, the smell of evergreen, and cinnamon, family members everywhere, favorite gifts, of course the let down of having to wait another year once it was over, and “Here Comes Santa Claus, ringing in your ears continually.”
Birthdays were the excitement of a day “just for me to be celebrated,” a favorite birthday cake, gifts, parties and also knowing that Christmas was going to be just a few short weeks away.
Then there was, Easter, a new dress, new shoes, a bonnet that tied under my chin, a carnation corsage, a basket of goodies with a small stuffed animal, Church, and the smells of a fresh, new season- spring, trees and flowers blooming, (as well as the horrible smell of vinegar, the main ingredient to dying hard boiled eggs.)
As I grew these impressions stayed in the back of my mind, but new ones developed, Marriages happened, children and grandchildren arrived, new expensive costumes were made, as well as candy that had never been seen or tasted before, then traveling by car from neighborhood to neighborhood, experiencing the different sounds, screaming and frightening emotions.
Birthdays turned from just me, to everyone else and cake went from a great treat to extra pounds.
Growing Christmas traditions, large expensive fad gifts, and quite interesting yuletide songs.
Easter still has all it’s pomp and bunnies, but in my adult life, I find the stories and narratives gathered in this once a year celebration, helps me to immerse myself, spanning the rest of the year in joyous prayer, encouraging me to find my daily solace, as well as settling into His daily word.
But, it’s also the music, the calming words, in beautiful hymns that have given me a legion of reasons to build new impressions for adult growth and year long gratitude with a deeper understanding of:
Why We Were Put Here.
Hymns such as “The Strife is Over, the Battle Won,” “Christ the Lord has Risen Today; Alleluia, “Thine is the Glory,” and Handel’s Messiah,
For Christians, Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and stands as the bedrock of Christian belief, embodying the promise of redemption, eternal life and the triumph of light over darkness.
“Let us all sing and shout with the armies of Heaven, Hosannah to God and the Lamb! Let glory to them in the highest be given, Henceforth and forever; Amen and Amen.”
We all have beautiful memories, impressions and blessings, you don’t need to count them, just live them. He will keep you safe and warm as the blessings keep coming for you to celebrate His world.
He is Light, He is Celebration, He is definitely LOVE,
He is…
The Great “I AM”
Happy “Year Round” Easter
Dick & Sue
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