POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE EASTER SONG

I've told you guys and gals, I LOVE EASTER! Love it!

Here's perhaps - I do reserve the right to change my mind - here's perhaps my FAVORITE EASTER SONG. Every time I hear it, I feel HOPE RISING! It's one of the most beautifully written, poetically powerful songs I've ever heard...

Regardless of what's going on, because of Jesus' resurrection we are "THIRD DAY" people. We really are...

Check out the lyrics to this song by Michael Olson... You can download the single on iTunes, Amazon or Lala.

Oh yeah, one more thing... Get ready to shout, cry, whatever it is you do when nobody's looking...

The Third Day
Michael Olson


Verse
Creation brings an offering
As autumn leaves turn to gold
The trees bow down in highest praise
Now made bare before Your throne

The western sky's an amber blaze
At the end of the day
For everything must die to rise again

The winter's chill, a bitter cold
As sin and shame leave us to fall
The clouds so full of newborn snow
For grace to come and save us all

Within the darkest night of man
Was found Your saving hand
For everything must die to rise again

Chorus:
On the third day behold the King
On the third day death has no sting
On the third day we're forgiven and reconciled

Verse
The earth it groans in labor pains
As flowers stretch to heaven above
Your creatures sing a prophet's song
To be a gift of selfless love

The sun is rising in the east
And Your Spirit is unleashed
For everything must die to rise again

Chorus
On the third day behold the King
On the third day death has no sting
On the third day we're forgiven and reconciled

Verse
And so we wait in joyful hope
For You to come and take us home
And so we join beneath the cross
In suffering from whence we go

The greatest act of sovereign grace
In the universe displayed
For everything must die to rise again

Chorus
On the third day behold the King
On the third day death has no sting
On the third day we're forgiven and reconciled

On the third day the saints rejoice
On the third day we lift our voice
On the third day we're united and glorified