Easter
Quotes - Life doesn’t always go our way
“In
the cross of Christ God is taking man dead-seriously so that he may open up for
him the happy freedom of Easter. God takes upon himself the pain of negation
and the God forsakenness of judgement to reconcile himself with his enemies and
to give the godless fellowship with himself.
~
Theology of Play, p.33”
―
Jürgen Moltmann
“You
become a hypocrite when you can't freely be at peace with others, but you can
carry green palm leaves to church to commemorate "palm Sunday"! Throw
those palm leaves somewhere; and lay your life down for someone to walk on and
get to the destined land!”
―
Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“We
lose the understanding that death always begets life of some sort, and that
life is always an opportunist, persistently standing ready to build something
out of the smoldering ashes and raise something up out of the tangled carnage.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The
cross unerringly exposes this stunningly marvelous and abruptly exquisite
declaration that God will not let this single life of mine, with all of its
grotesque maladies and pathetic filth pass into oblivion without unflinchingly
declaring that my life carries a value worth the expenditure of His. And if I
dare look upon the cross, I am utterly perplexed but wholly enraptured by the
immensity of such a love as this.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough, An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus
“So
with Easter. It was fun, as a child, to bound down the stairs to find seasonal
sweet-treats under each plate, but again, with the passing of time, and the
shadow of death over our broken family circle, I’ve seen Easter as highest
necessity. If hope is to flourish, it had better be true.”
―
Gerhard Frost
“Life
doesn’t always go our way. But one thing we know and can stand upon. Jesus has
burst open the gates of LIFE. So we look ahead with great joy. The Story of God
is one of hope, promise and life eternal.”
―
Anusha Atukorala
“We
love Christmas presents but not Christ; Easter baskets but not crosses. We want
to tell our friends with cancer that we will pray for them (we don’t) and our
puddle-eyed children that their goldfish have gone to heaven (doubtful). When
we lose our jobs we want to take comfort in the idea that God doesn’t give us
more than we can handle, but really, how can we? We have absolutely no idea
what God has given us or what it might be for. We haven’t talked to Him in
ages.”
―
Heather Choate Davis, Elijah & the SAT: Reflections on a hairy old desert
prophet and the benchmarking of our children's lives
“Is
the Easter Bunny a space alien trying to trick us into implanting us with his
eggs? Because I will so swear off chocolate right now.”
―
Thomm Quackenbush, Artificial Gods
“We
can’t even remotely fathom that whatever is ending for us is always more than
an ending.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Even
without church walls, or doors or sconces, Easter had come. Even without altars
or crosses, Easter had come”
―
Mark Andrew Poe
“Happy
Easter to you, my friend!
This
day’s light shall have no end.
For
Christ did rise
In
the golden morn
And
by His life are we reborn.
Happy
Easter to one and all!
The
night is over, the sun is tall.
The
day did break with a tiny beam
And
flooded life with Light supreme.”
―
Paul Kortepeter, Holly Pond Hill: A Child's Book of Easter
“There’s
something of a restorative quality about spring, where something whispers wild
rumors of new beginnings arising from the seemingly dead seeds in our lives.
There’s something almost cruel about it all, as if there might be some sort of
truth about a new life actually being possible. Yet, maybe it is true.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“These
special holidays give rise to various liturgical calendars that suggest we
should mark our days not only with the cycles of the moon and seasons, but also
with occasions to tell our children the stories of our faith community's past
so that this past will have a future, and so that our ancient way and its
practices will be rediscovered and renewed every year.”
―
Brian D. McLaren, Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices
“His
crucifixion is the key; His resurrection is the door... it is only by his death
that we have the mandate to enter into the gates of eternal life. His doors are
open always. Christ is king!”
―
Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“And
because it’s all that we can see, the ending becomes an end in itself when
directly ahead of us new beginnings are being forged and fresh byways are being
laid out from the very ending that we’re caught up in.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Life
however is teeming with vitality and is likewise terribly tenacious; holding on
against impossible odds in impossible situations over impossible lengths of
time.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“May
the resurrection power of Christ, awake in us a greater spiritual force and
strength, so that we can passionately pursue our God-given dreams.”
―
Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
“As
Christians, we celebrate many holidays and memorials throughout the year. Some
we decide to celebrate by referencing events in the Bible. Others are related
to events in our personal lives. Still more are pushed upon by this World.
There's
nothing necessarily wrong with celebrating events that bring us joy or keep
important parts of our lives in focus.
As a
Christian, it is important for me to follow Christ's words and teachings. I do
not obey man's intepretations of God's word. I read it and follow it. Its that
simple. I dont need an interpreter. Christ is my intermediary. Ive been blessed
to have been given the gift of language and... in the Bible, when you read it
in Aramaic, there is only ONE event, one memorial that Jesus asks us to
remember and thus honor our Savior. And its not His birthday. We are upon that
annual event this weekend. For Jesus "blessed and he broke and he said,
“Take eat; this is my body, which is broken for your persons; thus you shall do
for my Memorial."
[1
Cor 11:24]
Holidays
can be fun times for families to get together and to celebrate life. This
weekend lets not lose focus. For this is the one and ONLY holiday that our
Christ commands us to memorialize. Its in his words. Its in the Bible. It was
important enough for Him to spell it out. It should be important enough for us
to listen. Above all other events in our lives, isn't Christ Jesus's sacrifice
truly the most magnificent one? Lets remember our Savior and not allow the
World to mislead us into over prioritizing any other day than when -He gave His
life for us. Truly His act was a gift to mankind that remains matchless.”
―
José N. Harris
