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Easter Devotional
“Every morning is Easter morning
from now on”
Rev. Jan Johnson, Interim Pastor, St. John United Church of
Christ, Lincoln
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[April 02, 2015]
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of my favorite Easter songs is found in a music book called Songs
for Saints and Sinners: “Every Morning Is Easter Morning” (subtitle:
From Now On). Each time I sing it, I think about what is happening
in our world and in my life.
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When I was introduced to the song it was in the mid-1980’s.
Remember the 1980’s? There was terrible drought and Farm Aid got a
shot in the arm as children from the world along with those musical
artists who wanted to help sang, “We Are the World, We Are the
Children.”
There were hostage situations and when negotiations failed, the
nation resurrected “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Old Oak Tree” and
the Ribbon Revolution began anew.
The world rejoiced when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, the
symbol of freedom for so many who lived lives untouched by much of
the modern world and then became shocked by pictures of incredible
poverty and neglect of the people’s needs behind that Wall. And
churches began singing “….and the walls came tumbling down…” and
families were able to find one another once again as the world
flooded into Germany.
Each year, each decade there is another set of problems and fears
that are handed to us on a seemingly unending platter.
Each year, each decade we hear about the horrors and pain we humans
perpetrate upon each other.
Each year/each decade, we find a new song to sing to counter those
fears and anxieties.
Each time we sing “Every Morning is Easter Morning,” we remind
ourselves, one another, and the world, that those problems and fears
are NOT outside of our ability to right those wrongs!
(Thank you to Avery and Marsh for joining your talents and
God-given faith to create this wonderful joy infused song for us to
carry in our hearts every day no matter what is happening in the
world around us!)
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to see and hear the song, and follow along with the words below.
“Every morning is
Easter morning from now on!
Everyday’s Resurrection Day, the past is over and gone!
Goodbye guilt, goodbye fear, good riddance! Hello Lord! Hello sun!
I am one of the Easter people!
My new life has begun!
Every morning is Easter morning from now on!
Everyday’s Resurrection Day, the past is over and gone!
Daily news is so bad it seems the good news seldom gets heard,
get it straight from the Easter people,
God’s in charge spread the word!
Every morning is Easter morning from now on!
Everyday’s Resurrection Day, the past is over and gone!
Yesterday I was sad and lonely but today, look and see! I am one of
the Easter people, life’s exciting to me!
“Every morning is Easter morning,
every morning is Easter morning!(softer)
Every morning is Easter morning (softer)…
FROM NOW ON!! (LOUD)”
When life gets overwhelming, when the news is depressing, when you
are feeling lost and afraid, remember….Christ has risen from the
dead and broken the bonds of death! We are Easter people! We have no
need to fear! Sing this song every day and you just may find
yourself feeling closer to God who created you and Jesus Christ who
died and lives again because EVERY morning is Easter morning! FROM
NOW ON!!
May the Risen Christ lift you out of the daily strife you experience
and set your feet on the soil of faith, hope, and love! A Blessed
Easter to you!
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