Why Should Easter Matter To Me?

"WELL, I GOT OTHER THINGS TO DO, I MUST BE ON MY WAY.

I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I COME BACK BY TO MAKE ANOTHER DAY."

SO WHISKERED TIME WENT UP THE HILL TO BID THE SUN TO RISE.

HE LEFT DEATH STANDIN' BY THE TOMB LOOKIN' STRONG AN' WISE.

NEXT DAY, TIME AMBLED BY AGAIN, "AND HOW ARE THINGS?" HE QUERIED.

"KINDA QUIET," DEATH REPLIED. "I'M STARTIN' TO BE WEARIED.

"I WON'T BE HERE WHEN YOU COME BY ABOUT THIS TIME TOMORROW.

I'M ANXIOUS TO BE ON MY WAY, AN' SPREAD SOME GRIEF AND SORROW."

NOW FATHER TIME WAS QUITE SURPRISED WHEN HE CAME BACK TO SEE

DEATH A QUIVERIN' ON THE GROUND IN FRIGHTFUL AGONY!

HIS EYES WERE SET, HIS THROAT WAS MARKED, HIS CLOTHES IN DISARRAY.

IT WASN'T DIFFICULT TO SEE THAT DEATH HAD HAD HIS DAY.

"WHAT HAPPENED, DEATH?" ASKED FATHER TIME, "WHAT MAKES YOU LOOK SO BAD?

I'VE NEVER SEE YOU SHAKE THIS WAY OR SEEM SO SCARED AND SAD."

DEATH PULLED HIMSELF UP ON A ROCK A-LOOKIN' SICK AN' HUMBLE.

HUNG HIS HEAD AN' WRUNG HIS HANDS AND TIME COULD HEAR HIM MUMBLE.

"WAS SITTIN' HERE BEFORE THE DAWN ABOUT TO TAKE MY STROLL

WHEN ALL AT ONCE THIS WHOLE WIDE WORLD BEGAN TO REEL AND ROLL.

"THAT ROLLIN' STONE JUMPED OFF THE DOOR AN' SKIPPED ON DOWN THE HILL.

THEN EVERYTHING GREW DARK AND QUIET, SEEMED LIKE THE EARTH STOOD STILL.

"I SAW HIM STANDIN' IN THE DOOR, HE DIDN'T MOVE OR SPEAK,

JUST LOOKED AT ME AN' ALL AT ONCE I FELT SO TIRED AND WEAK.

"HE CAME AND GOT A HOLD ON ME, AND THREW ME TO THE GROU'

PUT HIS FOOT HERE ON MY NECK THEN TOOK MY KEYS AN' CROWN.

"TWO ANGELS CAME TO TALK WITH HIM, THEY GLISTENED LIKE THE SUN.

HE SAID, 'THE PLAN'S ALL FINISHED NOW, REDEMPTION'S WORK IS DONE.'

"AS THEY PASSED THE GARDEN GATE I HEARD HIM SAY, JUST THEN,

HE'S SETTIN' FREE MY CAPTIVES AND GIVIN' GIFTS TO MEN."

TIME AND DEATH MET ONCE AGAIN OFF YONDER BY THE GATE.

"IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU," SAID OLD TIME, "I'VE WONDERED 'BOUT YOUR FATE."

"I'M JUST A LOWLY SERVANT NOW, THERE'S LITTLE TIME TO ROAM,

I JUST PUSH OPEN THIS OLD GATE AND HELP THE SAINTS GET HOME!"

WHY SHOULD EASTER MATTER TO YOU? BECAUSE EASTER COMPLETED THE CYCLE AND PROVIDED A WAY FOR MAN TO RETURN TO GOD THROUGH SIMPLE FAITH AND TRUST IN CHRIST.

EASTER IS THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS. FINISHED FOR YOUR SALVATION. FINISHED FOR YOUR ETERNITY IN HEAVEN.