Happy Easter Days Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Happy Easter days are on 9 and 10 April 2023
This poem is about that Jesus Is Alive!

"Why do you seek the living among the dead?
He is not here, but has risen." (Luke 24: 5-6)

On Sunday morning,
some women went to Jesus' tomb
to care for His body.

But what a shock … He was not there!
Two angels told them the glad news.
Jesus is no longer dead.

He has risen.
He is alive.
The angels reminded the women of Jesus' own words.

Now they remembered what He told them!
They went to tell the news to Jesus' other followers too,
who didn't believe it at first
They were still so confused and sad
that there was no room for joy.

Only later, when they had seen the empty tomb
and Jesus had also appeared to them,
did the fog lift and they became convinced
of the wonderful news that their Lord is alive.

Even today there are many people
who struggle to believe that Jesus has risen from the dead.
It is such a challenge to our world order.

It seems too good to be true, almost a fairy tale,
and yet it is true.

In the Bible, we read how the resurrected
Jesus appeared to the women, to His disciples,
to some people personally,
to 500 people at once…

All these eyewitnesses help us believe the incredible.
Jesus has conquered death!

©Sylvia Frances Chan - EASTER 2023
SUNDAY 9 APRIL