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"EASTER IS FOR ALL "
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It's apple blossom time, sure and plain.
As the mocking birds are singing in the rain
the bluebirds and the martins find a home.
The squirrels and the rabbits start to roam
and the bees start to build their honeycomb.
It's Easter, but more to explain!
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Christmas comes but once a year;
as does Easter, which is here;
so between these two let's not forget;
why Jesus came and why He left;
that everyday His word is kept
just to keep our conscience clear!
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God brought to us His only Son
to give us strength to overcome;
and believe in Him with all our might,
which brings to us eternal life,
void of all the woe and strife
with all our battles won.
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Within my mind I view the scene,
within my heart I feel the sting
of Jesus Christ all limp and pale...
upon a wooden cross is nailed
without a whimper or a wail,
will ever in my bosom...cling!
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"Good Friday" was that day of pain...
when our precious Lord was slain
and laid out in a cavern tomb.
They blocked it with a granite stone,
laughed and cheered the King of Rome,
and thought the end was plain!
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But little did the Romans know,
what God was holding there in stow,
a miracle that a world would come to bear;
That Jesus, braved the blood and pain,
did not die there all in vain,
did not succumb to evil's aim,
but only to arise on Sunday there.
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So on this faithful Easter Day,
I bow my head and kneel to pray;
thanking God for His love and aid,
the master plan that He laid,
for sacrifices Jesus made...
with all the pain He had to bear!
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©William E. Hardison
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