I DON’T JUST WANT EASTER TO BE TRUE; I NEED EASTER TO BE TRUE!
CONFIRMATION FOR THE HEAD,
PETER, ACTS 2:22-24
PAUL, I CORINTHIANS 15:3-8
MARK, MARK 9:31
MARY MAGDALENE, JOHN 20:1-2
THOMAS, JOHN 20:24-29
AFFIRMATION TO THE HEART,
ROMANS 8:31-39
I NEED EASTER TO BE TRUE BECAUSE:
I’M TIRED,
I’M SCARED,
I’M INSECURE,
I’M ANXIOUS,
I NEED TO KNOW THE STRUGGLE WILL END SOME DAY,
I NEED TO KNOW MY WORST…DOESN’T SCARE GOD AWAY,
I NEED EASTER TO TEACH ME:
HOPELESSNESS ISN’T ALWAYS A CURSE IT CAN RESULT IN BLESSING,
“I HAVE LEARNED THINGS IN THE DARK THAT I COULD NEVER HAVE LEARNED IN THE LIGHT. THINGS THAT SAVED MY LIFE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, SO THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE LOGICAL CONCLUSION, I NEED DARKNESS AS MUCH AS I NEED THE LIGHT. NEW LIFE STARTS IN THE DARK WHETHER IT’S A SEED IN THE GROUND A BABY IN THE WOMB OR JESUS IN THE TOMB. IT STARTS IN THE DARK. IT IS IN THE DARK WHERE HE SEEMS TO VISIT MOST OFTEN.”
~BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR
“GOD SIMPLY KEEPS REACHING DOWN INTO THE DIRT OF HUMANITY AND RESURRECTING US FROM THE GRAVES WE DIG FOR OURSELVES. OUR VIOLENCE, SELFISHNESS … AND GOD KEEPS LOVING US BACK TO LIFE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.”
APPLICATION