An Easter Ballad

I know what you’re think­ing. You’re think­ing, “When I was a kid what I
need­ed for East­er was a bas­ket filled with can­dy. But what do I need
for East­er now that I’m all grown up?”

And the answer is: you need a bal­lad. You did­n’t know you need­ed a
bal­lad until just now, but you do.

Hap­py East­er!

Now on the first day of the week, at ear­ly dawn, the women went to the tomb, tak­ing the aro­mat­ic spices they had pre­pared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were per­plexed about this, sud­den­ly two men stood beside them in daz­zling attire. The women were ter­ri­bly fright­ened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the liv­ing among the dead? He is not here, but has been raised! Remem­ber how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be deliv­ered into the hands of sin­ful men, and be cru­ci­fied, and on the third day rise again.” Luke 24:1–7, NET