Easter day meditation

On this day we proclaim that all is not lost
On this day we defy the powers of death
Those who suppress truth
Those who seek to quench hope
Those who assert their power over others
Those trample on the faces of the poor
Those who kill and maim and destroy:
They shall not win
They shall not win just as those did not win
Who sought to silence the voice of the man from Nazareth
Who sought to extinguish his message of the new Kingdom
The Kingdom where people would live by different rules
They sought to silence him
But wood could not hold him
Metal could not hold him
Stone could not hold him
And they did not win
The Roman Empire is vanished
And nobody cares three straws about Caesar Augustus
But 2000 years later
The voice of the man from Nazareth is still heard
Speaking of love and hope and a different Kingdom
Transforming lives
We will not worship a grave or let destruction triumph
But we will pick up whatever cross we bear
And walk bravely into the future
Where he meets us
He meets us and he challenges us
To roll away the stone wherever hope lies buried
To caress every hand and every heart pierced by sorrow
To let love flow like a never-ending stream
So that blades of grass will burst from the asphalt
And flowers grow in the deserts of despair
For the gentle water breaks the stone,
Yeah, the gentle water breaks the stone

By my friend Annette

In Denmark the daffodil is a symbol of Easter and it is called the passion flower. (påskelilje)

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