On our way to church this morning, Mom was
reading to us some Easter prayers by Peter Marshall (The Prayers of Peter Marshall by Catherine Marshall.) Now I
know that I have a tendency to quote other people on my blog a lot! but this
prayer was so inspiring that I just had to share it with you....
“We
thank Thee for the beauty of this day, for the glorious message that all nature
proclaims: the Easter lilies with their waxen throats eloquently singing the
good news; the birds, so early this morning, impatient to begin their song;
every flowering tree, shrub, and flaming bush, a living proclamation from Thee.
O open our hearts that we may hear it, too!
Lead
us, we pray Thee, to the grave that is empty, into the garden of the
Resurrection where we may meet our risen Lord. May we never again live as if
Thou were dead!
In Thy presence restore our faith, our
hope, our joy. Grant to our spirits refreshment, rest and peace. Maintain
within our hearts an unruffled calm, an unbroken serenity that no storms of
life shall ever be able to take from us.
From this moment, O living Christ, we ask
Thee to go with us wherever we go; be our Companion in all that we do. And for
this greatest of all gifts, we offer Thee our sacrifices of thanksgiving.” Amen.
“He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.”
Matthew 28:6
