Got my first EASTER SONG ever!! — Actually, I got TWO!!
Like the majority of people (I actually have no stats on this, just assuming), I like Christmas, it’s warmth, family, love, great food, the amazing story and images behind it all. I have much preferred it over the years to Easter … not sure why …
Maybe it’s because in spite of the danger and violence found in the Christmas story (Jesus/Joseph/Mary being hunted like terrorists, Herod killing all the children under 2, etc.), Christmas is magical with all its imagery, the blending of facts with the mystical, etc., it’s just a great story, which has been definitely embellished over the centuries. — I don’t mean necessarily in a bad way, but in the sense that the two years or so that the whole story took place has been reduced to one night, or maybe a weekend, with all the amazing effects (star, birth, shepherds, wisemen, fleeing to Egypt) — and what a night or weekend at that!!
Of course that miniaturization makes sense, like a whole adventure of someone’s life or even a portion of history being capsulized into a 90–120 minute movie; we do that, highlighting the important points, bringing out essential lessons, etc., and we’re OK with that, it’s how we learn, especially when we don’t want to study volumes on a given subject.
Anyway, I haven’t really appreciated Easter and it’s significance nearly as much as I should have over the years, nor given it it’s proper place of importance in my thoughts and musings IMHO … I mean, THE WHOLE PURPOSE behind the story of CHRISTMAS is that Jesus came down to earth (God born as man) in order to first of all LIVE AS WE LIVED, give His message and example to us all, announce His Father’s kingdom, and then DIE FOR US — and saddest of all, to die AT OUR OWN HANDS. — Not a pretty picture of humanity, we don’t look good in this scenario. There’s a twinge of that in the Christmas story, but the Easter story really EXPOSES US as the VILLIANS … Sure, evil was there in the devil as well, but by whose hand was this Perfect Man tortured and killed? By our own …
We don’t come out looking very good in this whole thing, and that’s perhaps WHY the Easter story is mostly celebrated by the Christian world, while the Christmas story is something the entire world for the most part enjoys — albeit in many cases with them removing the Hero and main character of the story, and replacing Him with the fictitious Santa Clause.
This year I got a song on that theme called “Easter is the Reason (We Have Christmas),” and just before that a song called “Can You Hear Him Call Your Name?” which I wanted to share with you now.
You’ll find them both at my YouTube music channel:
Please enjoy them, subscribe to my channel, and let me know your reactions and/or thoughts on the subject!! And may you have a WONDERFUL EASTER … taking time to reflect on it all, and appreciate what was done for us in spite of our unworthiness and ingratitude.
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