It's Not About the Bunny...

A-Poem-a-Day

Until Resurrection Day

Now I know...

 

WHAT'S SO "GOOD" ABOUT IT?

 

When I was a child

I could hardly wait for Easter

could hardly wait to wear my new spring dress

and the flowery straw bonnet with velvet ribbon streamers

could hardly wait for the basket of marshmallow chocolates

tiny jelly beans and bright-colored eggs

to magically appear in my bedroom

compliments of a big white bunny

Oh, the wonders of childhood imaginings…

 

I was glad about the Resurrection, too, of course

 

But first I had to get through Lent and "Good" Friday

first I had to sacrifice

and give a lot of serious consideration

to Jesus

first I had to think about a nice holy man

dying

a terrible death

upon a horrible cross

and I had to try to understand

that He died that awful death

for me!

 

I preferred, of course

to think about chocolate, bunnies, and bonnets

rather than scourging, thorns, and nails

 

Good? I thought…

What could possibly

be "Good" about it?

 

I wanted to call it "Bad Friday"

"Cruel Friday" or

"Why Did God Have To Have It Happen That Way Friday?"

 

Of course

I was too young to understand…then

 

Now I realize

a basket-bearing bunny on Easter

cannot be compared to what happened

that particular cosmic Friday

at the Cross

 

Now I know

what's so "Good" about it

 

is that it's followed by

 

that Stone-Blown-Out-of-the-Tomb-Sunday!!!

that Jesus-Was-Dead…But-Now-He-Lives--Hallelujah-Sunday!!!

 

Now I know

it’s not about the bunny at all—

 

It’s about Jesus, the Sacrifice Lamb, Who died for our sins

so all who Believe

will be granted eternal life

 

and that

my brothers and sisters

 

is very, very, very

 

Good!!!

 

Maude Carolan Pych

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by Maude Carolan Pych

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