The Greatest of All

Now that Easter morning has come, I wanted to pause a moment to remember the amazing reason we celebrate this blessed day.

*

During the week we reflect on the terrible sufferings our Savior endured for our sakes, to atone for our sins and bear our tribulations, to give His life that we might live.

*

But today we remember His triumph over sin and death, when He rose from the tomb and ensured that we will all be participants in the Resurrection.

*

What a joyous victory! What greater cause to remember and celebrate?
*

*

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
*

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
*

1 Corinthians 15: 55, 57
*

*

And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise.

*
Moroni 7: 41

What is this thing that men call death?
This quiet passing in the night?
'Tis not the end, but genesis
Of better worlds and greater light.
*
O God, touch Thou my aching heart
And calm my troubled, haunting fears.
Let hope and faith, transcendent, pure,
Give strength and peace beyond my tears.
*
There is no death, but only change
With recompense for victory won;
The gift of Him who loved all men,
The Son of God, the Holy One.
*
-- Gordon B. Hinckley