Happy Easter

"Not a word was heard at the tomb that day--
just shuffling of the soldiers' feet
as they guarded the grave.
One day. Two days. Three days had passed.
Could it be that Jesus had breathed His last?

Could it be that His Father had forsaken Him?
Turned His back on His Son,
despising our sin?
All Hell seemed to whisper, 'Just forget Him,
He's dead.'

Then the Father looked down to His Son and said,
'Arise, my Love-- Arise my Love!
The grave no longer has a hold on You!
No more death sting.
No more suffering.
Arise, arise my Love!'

The earth trembled,
and the tomb began to shake;
like lightning from Heaven,
the stone was rolled away.

And like dead men, the guards stood there in fright,
as the power of Love displayed it's might.

Then suddenly a melody
filled the air--
riding wings of wind,
it was everywhere.

The words all creation had been longing to hear;
the sweet sound of victory,
so loud and clear--

'Arise, my Love-- Arise my Love!
The grave no longer has a hold on You!
No more death sting.
No more suffering.
Arise, arise my Love!'

Sin, where are your shackles?
Death, where is your sting?
Hell has been defeated.

The grave could not hold the King! "

--Newsong, Arise My Love