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We rise with sleep in our eyes.\u00a0 We dance on the broken ground. We run to town to tell the news.\u00a0 In the grave? Not there, no more!<\/p>\n

Somehow and someway, life has won. Easter morning has arrived. Hooray!<\/p>\n

Satan sees that God’s Truth teases.\u00a0 Freedom lives. Love is power.\u00a0 Peace redeems.\u00a0 “Ha, take that!”\u00a0 We sing.<\/p>\n

Nature blooms.\u00a0 Buds burst.\u00a0 Dogs bark.\u00a0 Angels laugh.\u00a0 We snuggle and sigh with relief.<\/p>\n

Let us celebrate!\u00a0 Let us feast with community! Let us love!<\/p>\n

We pray. We are changed.\u00a0 So we may really begin.<\/p>\n

Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen!<\/p>\n

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Happy Easter, blessed Messy Jesus Business readers and believers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We rise with sleep in our eyes.\u00a0 We dance on the broken ground. We run to town to tell the news.\u00a0 In the grave? Not there, no more! Somehow and someway, life has won. Easter morning has arrived. Hooray! Satan sees that God’s Truth teases.\u00a0 Freedom lives. Love is power.\u00a0 Peace redeems.\u00a0 “Ha, take that!”\u00a0...","protected":false},"author":4071079,"featured_media":1110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2178641],"tags":[5205,4277,214,698755374,3522,698755379,401,511,91863,48510,54158,48258749,116,1494],"series":[698756626],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prayer-and-spirituality","tag-celebration","tag-childrens-stories","tag-christianity","tag-community","tag-dancing","tag-easter","tag-faith","tag-happy","tag-laughing","tag-morning","tag-nature-photography","tag-nun-poetry-and-art","tag-religion","tag-spirituality","series-messy-jesus-business"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/dscn1667-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/feed\/podcast\/messy-jesus-business","embedCode":"

a children’s story<\/a><\/blockquote>