APRIL FOOLS! IT'S EASTER

Is it symbolic of the times that Easter falls on April Fool's Day?
The annual celebration of hoaxes is the same day that Christians worldwide celebrate Jesus’s resurrection.

But Christians have a long history of being called fools.

From the Pharisees to sophisticated modern thinkers, the thought of there being an actual resurrection is mocked.

From Cadbury to Store windows, Easter Bunnies are all the rage.
Jesus is tastefully left out of sight.

More people believe in the paranormal  than they do in a personal God.

Many feel it is foolishness to believe in God.
I can understand that --
On the surface it seems foolish to meet hate with love
to think life can spring from death.
But isn't that what happenswhen crushed wheat is buried in the earth?
 The true spirit of Christ's teachingsis bruised but not gone.

Still, Easter holds a message for us all, religious or not.
It is a message of hope and reconciliation.

Even when met with mocking and hostility,Love offers us Life after Death,
More than that: a possibility of forgiveness  and a fresh start.
HAPPY EASTER MY FRIENDS
After my home burned, this song kept me going: