Because Of Him

It was unthinkable, impossible, unfathomable, unprecedented

A single act, that changed history, possibility, destiny

He was a carpenter, a teacher, an outcast, a leader

Yet he did

What no carpenter, teacher, outcast, leader had ever done

Like all who preceded him

He lived and he died

But unlike all who preceded him  

He rose from the dead

He lived again

He lives

And because he lives

You, you, and she and he and they and we

All will live again

Because of him

Death has no sting

The grave no victory

We can start again

And again

Because of him

Guilt becomes peace

Regret becomes relief

Despair becomes hope

Because of him

We have second chances, clean slates, new beginnings

There’s no such thing as the end

Because of Him