Christ The Lord Is Risen Today!

Today is Easter! Christ the Lord is risen today! I can't help but feel so excited that today is the day Jesus conquered death, and saved me from my sins! I thought I should just start off by saying that! Since this week is Easter, I thought it would be appropriate to read an Easter book for my outside reading. I chose The Story of Easter. I hadn't read this book as a child. It was published in 1997 so it is pretty new. The story tells about how Easter came to be, and it is not told from a secular point of view, but a religious one. It tells what Jesus did and the ultimate sacrifice he paid, and how it relates to us today. This is all on a child's level by the way, so the story of how Jesus died and rose from the dead is very watered down. I just watched The Passion of The Christ and let me tell you, that movie holds nothing back. It is definitly not appropriate for children, but this book made the story of Easter for children. On the back of the book there is a note for parents, talking about the purpose of the book as well as how parents can use this book to introduce the story of Easter to their children. I think that this book is a very apropriate way to do just that and kids love it. My mom is a preschool teacher and she uses this book to teach her kids and they adore it. The pictures in the story are beautiful and the font used reminds me of a child's handwriting. Some of the words are written in different colors so that makes the book enjoyable on a visual basis. Overall it is a cute book and I would have defenitly read it as a kid if it was available then!

There is not room for Death,
Nor atom that his might could render void:
Thou - Thou art Being and Breath,
And what Thou art may never be destroyed. ~Emily Bronte