“Just days ago, I learned about a grandmother who rehearsed
the Easter story with her four-year-old grandson by using simple replicas of
the tomb, the stone that covered the sepulchre, Jesus, Mary, the disciples, and
the angel. The little boy watched and listened intently as his grandma shared
the burial, closing and opening of the tomb, and the garden scene of the
Resurrection. He later carefully repeated the story in surprising detail to his
parents as he moved the figures about himself. Following this sweet moment, he
was asked if he knew why we have Easter. The boy looked up and with childlike
reasoning answered, ‘Cuz Him’s alive.’ I add my testimony to his—and to yours
and to that of angels and prophets—that He is risen and that He lives, of which
I testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.” – Elder Gary E. Stevenson
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