End of the beginning

I was takin a trip on a plane the other day, just wishing that I could get out. When the man next to me saw the book in my hand, and asked me what it was about. So I settled back in my seat: “a bestseller” I said, "a history a mystery in one." And then I opened up the book and began to read from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

He was born of a virgin one holy night
in the little town of Bethlehem
Angels gathered round him underneath the stars
singing praises to the great I am
He walked on the water healed the lame
and made the blind to see again
And for the first time here on earth,
we learned that God could be a friend
and tho he never ever did a single thing wrong
the angry crowd chose him and then he walked down the road
and died on the cross
and that was the end of the beginning

“Thats not a new book, thats a bible” he said “and I’ve heard it all before, I’ve tried religion, its shame and guilt and I don’t need it anymore. It’s superstition made up tales and just to help the weak to survive”. “let me read it again” I said “listen closely, cuz this is gonna change your life”

He was born of a virgin one holy night
in the little town of Bethlehem
Angels gathered round him underneath the stars
singing praises to the great I am
He walked on the water healed the lame
and made the blind to see again
And for the first time here on earth,
we learned that God could be a friend
and tho he never ever did a single thing wrong
the angry crowd chose him and then he walked down the road
and died on the cross
and that was the end of the beginning

"The end of the beginning" he said with a smile "what more could there be? Hes’ dead. You said they hung him, put nails in his hands, and a crown of thorns on his head." I said "I'll read it again but this time there’s more, and I believe that this is true. His death wasn’t the end, the beginning of life, that’s completed in you, don’t you see he did all this for you!"

He was born of a virgin one holy night
in the little town of Bethlehem
Angels gathered round him underneath the stars
singing praises to the great I am
He walked on the water healed the lame
and made the blind to see again
And for the first time here on earth,
we learned that God could be a friend
and tho he never ever did a single thing wrong
the angry crowd chose him and then he walked down the road
and died on the cross
and that was the end of the beginning

Then he walked and he died but three days later

HE ROSE!!!!!!!!

You see he came, he lived, and he died

but that was the end of the beginning

David Phelps