• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • News
  • Library
  • Alumni
  • Faculty
  • Chaplains
  • Staff
  • Our Centres
  • Contact Us
  • Login
Moore College

Moore College

Equipping men and women to love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ

  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Archives
    • Centre for Christian Living
    • Centre for Global Mission
    • Centre for Ministry Development
    • Chaplains
    • Faculty
    • Job Opportunities
    • John Chapman Preaching Initiative
    • Library
    • Policies
    • Priscilla and Aquila Centre
    • Staff
    • Vision & Mission
  • Study
    • Apply
    • Bursaries and Scholarships
    • College Costs
    • Course Enquiry
    • Courses
    • Cross Institutional Study
    • Fees and Charges
    • Visiting Scholars and Ministry Workers
  • Community & Support
    • Alumni
    • Community Life and Student Support
    • EOFY Appeal
    • Events
    • Give
    • Indigenous Australian Students
    • International Students
    • Moore College Missions
    • Moorewomen
    • News
    • Podcasts
    • Prayer
    • Resources
    • Student Accommodation
    • Student Support Fund (SSF)
  • Quick Links
    • Diploma of Biblical Theology (DBT)
    • DBT Student Handbook
    • Learning Support System (LSS)
    • My Moore
    • Online Greek Intensive (OGI)
    • PTC Online
    • Student Handbook
    • Timetable
    • 2025 Academic Calendar
    • 2026 Academic Calendar
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • About
  • Courses
  • Apply
  • Events
  • Resources
  • EOFY
  • Give
  • Log in
HomeArticlesThis Easter is different

This Easter is different

April 8, 2020 by Peter Mayrick

Last Easter I felt for the first time that the people of Sydney weren’t listening

They were happy and comfortable without a care in the world

The beaches were heaven, the shops were the temple

And the chocolates and buns had more relevance than the cross

 

This Easter is different, the fires came this summer

They showed us the power of nature is not easy to control

Families left homeless. Animals left dying

The heroes were the ones who fought it in vain

 

The fires proved our nation could bandy together

And support those left homeless by the power of the flames

But when our Prime Minister prayed the journalists they mocked him

See this is a nation where god is within

 

This Easter is different though as the virus forced action

Our gods can’t protect us, their power is fake

We realise that wealth, neither wisdom, nor power

Has power to protect against this indiscriminate foe

 

But as we see people sick, and we see people die

And we witness how selfish some of us really are

When our Prime Minister prays, whilst journalists still mock

Now there are some who write ‘let him pray on’

 

See this Easter is different, our nation has changed

Our beaches are closed they’re not heaven just sand

Our nation is anxious many jobs have been lost

We ask for our leaders to chart us a course

 

Maybe our people are ready to listen

To hear of a true leader who rescues in power

He’s bigger than the virus and longer than the present

He promises a future in which there’s no tears

 

And so I pray

That this Easter will be different for my friends in this country

That the truth of the Gospel will be heard and received

That the death of the Christ on that cross long ago

Would be seen not as weakness but as strong by the one

 

Who created the earth, the skies and the seas

Who came to save people and died for THEIR sins

When he rose from the dead on that first Easter morning

He proved he is bigger than anything we see

 

This Easter is different and yet it’s no different

As we celebrate the messiah who conquered the grave

Trust in the Lord Jesus PLEASE fellow Australians

For all will be saved …. If they only believe
Read more . . .

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: COVID-19, Easter, poetry, reflection

Reader Interactions

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to our eNews
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Footer

1 King Street Newtown

NSW Australia 2042

+61 (0) 2 9577 9999

 

Provider ID: PRV12033
CRICOS code: 00682B
  • About Us
  • Alumni
  • Chaplains
  • Faculty
  • Job Opportunities
  • Library
  • Podcasts
  • Policies
  • Staff
  • Student Support Fund (SSF)
  • Support Moore
  • Vision & Mission
  • Apply
  • Courses
  • Events
  • Fees and Charges
  • Indigenous Australian Students
  • International Students
  • Moorewomen
  • My Moore
  • Safe Ministry
  • Student Email System
  • Student Minister Placements
  • 2025 Academic Calendar
  • 2026 Academic Calendar

Visit our Centres:

  • Centre for Christian Living
  • Centre for Global Mission
  • Centre for Ministry Development
  • Priscilla and Aquila Centre

Copyright © 2025

  • Moore Theological College
  • Privacy Policy
Sign Up

You need a username to create bookmarks - please register below

Already have an account - Login