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Our three-year-old,
Nicole, was as anxious for Easter to come as she had been for
Christmas to come. Since my wife was expecting our third child in
just a few weeks, many persons were giving us baby gifts since this
was our first child in this church. Nicole had picked out a new
dress and Mom had given her a new white bonnet. As we stopped at a
store to buy her a new pair of shoes to go with her outfit, she once
again said, "I can't wait for Easter, Daddy!" I asked her, "Do you
know what Easter means, honey?" She replied, "Yes." "Well, what does
Easter mean?" In her own sweet three-year-old way, with arms raised,
a smile on her face, and at the top of her voice she said,
"Surprise!" What better word could sum up the meaning of Easter!
Surprise, death! Surprise, sin! Surprise, mourning disciples!
Surprise, modern man! He's alive!
--James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House
Publishers, Inc, 1988) p. 162.
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