A-Poem-a-Day
Until Resurrection Day
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WHAT'S SO "GOOD" ABOUT IT?
When I was a child
I could hardly wait for Easter
could hardly wait to wear my new spring dress
and the flowery straw bonnet with velvet ribbon streamers
could hardly wait for the basket of marshmallow chocolates
tiny jelly beans and bright colored eggs
to magically appear in my bedroom
compliments of a big white bunny
Oh, the wonders of childhood’s imaginings…
I was glad about the Resurrection, too, of course
But first I had to get through Lent and "Good" Friday
first I had to sacrifice
and give a lot of serious consideration
to Jesus
first I had to think about a nice holy man
dying
a terrible death
upon a horrible cross
and I had to try to understand
that He died that awful death
for me!
I preferred, of course
to think about chocolate, bunnies and bonnets
rather than scourging, thorns
and nails
Good? I thought…
What could possibly
be "Good" about it?
I wanted to call it "Bad Friday"
"Cruel Friday" or
"Why Did God Have To Have It Happen That Way Friday?"
Of course
I was too young to understand…then
Now I realize
a basket-bearing bunny on Easter
cannot be compared to what happened
that particular cosmic Friday
at the Cross
Now I know
what's so "Good" about it
is that it's followed by
that Stone-Blown-Out-of-the-Tomb-Sunday!!!
that Jesus-Was-Dead…But-Now-He-Lives--Hallelujah-Sunday!!!
and that
my brothers and sisters
is very, very, very
Good!!!
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