"The Easter Bunny and the Cross"
Thank
you Lord for creating me, “The Easter Bunny”
I am
going to tell the story Lord about your son Jesus
And
my own version of the Easter story
You
see, I’m an old “Easter Bunny”
I
remember the day that Jesus was even born, the story goes like this:
One
night when I was running around with all my bunny friends
I
saw a bright light and all of a sudden, an angel appeared
He
told the shepherds that this baby Jesus was going to be born in a stable in
Bethlehem
As
soon as I heard this message, I gathered all my bunny friends and we all headed
to the stable
To
see this baby Jesus
As
this baby grew up and became a man, He would talk about the Kingdom of God and
His Father who was in Heaven
I
used to bring some bunny rabbit friends and we would listen and have lots of
fun
One
night, when I was playing with my friends in the Garden of Gethsemane
I
saw Jesus coming and he knelt down and prayed to His Father
You
thought that you were alone Lord, but you weren’t
We
all stuck our heads through our rabbit holes and heard what you said
You
were crying to your Father, you were praying for lots of people too,
It
seemed like you were praying for all the people in the world
I
couldn’t understand why you were crying, you seemed so alone as all your
friends were sleeping
All
of a sudden, some people came along and appeared to be very angry, as they
eventually took you away
My
friends and I followed, then the men that took you away started hitting you, I
couldn’t understand what they were doing, it didn’t seem fair that you would be
treated this way
Then
a lot of people gathered round and started jeering at you, they seemed to be
angry too for some reason
But
you didn’t say anything to them; you kept quiet and didn’t say a word.
I
couldn’t watch any more of the beating you were taking
So my
friends and I went to play on a big hill where we were having so much fun
Then
all of a sudden,I heard a lot of shouting, when I looked over, I saw you
carrying a big piece of wood over your shoulder
When
you got to the top of the hill, they made you lie on this big piece of wood
Then
some people hammered nails into your hands and feet
Ouch!
It looked quite painful
All
my bunny friends and I could do was watch
As I
watched from my hole that I had burrowed
They
lifted this piece of wood very high and you were hanging on it
As
you hung there, it looked like you were crying as people were jeering and
shouting at you
It
looked like they were making fun of you, I’m afraid I couldn’t understand
As I
looked up at this piece of wood, you shouted “Forgive them Father”
And
then you closed your eyes as if you were sleeping
Then
all of a sudden, I heard a huge noise in the sky, it sounded like your Father
was angry at those people for what they did, wow! Was it ever loud
I was
so scared I ran back in to my rabbit hole
Once
all the noise was over, I popped my head out of the hole
As I
was looking around, I saw some people lower this piece of wood. It looked as
though you were still sleeping on it.
They
took you away and put you into, what appeared like a big bunny rabbit hole,
then they put a big rock in front of it
I
thought, mmmmm, this was kind of strange, so I waited around for a few days
Then
all of a sudden, two big bright men appeared as they shone as bright as the
sun.
My
bunny ears were just shaking I was one scared bunny rabbit
You
came walking out of this big bunny rabbit hole as I saw you were awake again
I
guess you had a nice sleep for three days
Your
two friends just suddenly disappeared; this was becoming stranger all the time
I saw
you walking away, curious, I followed you
Then
I saw you talking with your friends, you know,
The
ones who fell asleep when you were crying to your Father
I
overheard some people saying, that this piece of wood you had been nailed to was
called a cross and that you willingly did this because you loved everyone
I
couldn’t understand why you would do this
I heard
that when people used to celebrate Easter many years ago, they did it to
remember you and that you loved them.
They wanted to remember when you died and the
reason why you were nailed to the cross.
You
know Jesus; I know that your Father created me, the Easter Bunny
At
this time of year anyway that’s what they call me, the rest of the year I’m
just a bunny rabbit
But
I’ll tell you something Jesus, there is no way I would die for that bunch of
people
Especially
if they had beat me up and hung me up by my rabbit ears
There
is no way I would give my life for those people and love them for doing it
So
my question is this Lord, why do people now celebrate me at Easter more than
you and I did nothing for them?
After
all, you were the one that loved them.
You
see folks, I know this man Jesus who was on that cross
I
was there watching it all the time, me and all my bunny rabbit friends
I
may taste good as you eat chocolate shaped like me
But
I can’t get you to Heaven
Only
this man Jesus who died on the cross can get you there
He’s
the one who really loves you
You
know, that man who was crying to His Father.
After
reading this, you should know this man Jesus very well
So why
don’t you accept Him into your heart today.
I’m
going to be there, or didn’t you know, that Jesus loves bunny rabbits too.
Written
by Chris Turner
2012
