EASTER MEMORIES-HAPPY EASTER

EASTER MEMORIES-HAPPY EASTER!




Some of my earliest EASTER memories-
Are from our house
At 3400 Massachusetts Avenue


My mom and dad
Telling me
That the Easter bunny was there
And hiding the baskets
And my two sisters and I
Searching all over the house
To find them


I'm not sure exactly why
But I think
I was
Usually the last
To find mine


And later
In the day
My mom's two brothers-John and Rege
And Aunt Stella's family
ALL coming for Easter dinner


And later on
As the kids got older
All the families
Going to Aunt Stella's
For Easter dinner


Ham-scalloped potatoes-
Dying Easter eggs-chocolate-jelly beans


Lying in my room
Listening to “Jesus Christ Super Star”
Going to Easter Service
On Good Friday-Holy Saturday
And Easter Sunday!


But mostly
What Easter means to me
IS LOVE
FAMILY LOVE
And God's OWN LOVE


My family's love
And God's love
Have NEVER FAILED ME


“The Lord loves righteousness
And justice


The earth is full
Of his UNFAILING LOVE” Psalm 33:5


“What a man desires
IS UNFAILING LOVE” Proverbs 19:22


God's WORD is alive
Jesus is ALIVE!


LIFE over death
He conquered the grave


I remember once
When we were in church
For Easter in Maryland
At my sister Mary's


The church was totally quiet
Before Mass
And I believe my dad
Was carrying Carley (when she was a young baby)
And she yelled out:
“Jesus is Alive!-Jesus is ALIVE!”
Into a dead silent church


And that's where
I wish I could be
This Easter
YELLING OUT
To this silent world on God


“GOD is alive
Jesus is alive
God is NOT dead”


BELIEVE it
Live it
LOVE God
And love one another


GOD'S LOVE NEVER FAILS


And I remember-fondly
The family arguments
On Easter Sunday


About Dan Marino
“He's a junior”-”No he is a senior”
“I think he is a freshman”


About whether or not Racquel Welech
Was 5' 0' tall or not


But mostly I remember-THE LOVE
THE FAMILY LOVE
The love of friends and churches


And most of all-I remember
That Easter is a holiday
That celebrates
The return of Jesus Christ
To LIFE after death


A CELEBRATION of GOD'S LOVE
God's love-WHICH NEVER FAILS


“Love is patient-love is kind
….....
LOVE NEVER FAILS” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8


HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE-I love you


Robert P. Wallman
4-7-14


Ps and HAPPY PASSOVER to all my Jewish friends
WISHING you ALL a lifetime of HAPPY FAMILY MEMORIES-and GOD'S LOVE

on Easter