For Easter and not being a good Christian man myself, I offer works by Pearlie Duncan Walker. I think these set a good tone for Christians and Non-Christians alike.

A Crown of Thorns

There was, upon this earth, a Savior
Who came to cleanse and heal.
He wore a crown of thorns upon His head,
Our souls to ever seal.

He gave up the crown of Glory
That was rightfully His, that day ~
That He came to earth to give
Unto all men, a glorious stay.

He put aside His own sweet crown,
His signet ring that day,
That, maybe, all would come and walk
In His dear righteous way.

He loved us with a love so pure.
On His head He wore a crown of thorns,
That His love would cleanse the world
And man could be reborn.

Mighty is the name of this Savior,
Jesus. He redeemed the day
For all who would accept Him
And walk along His righteous way.

They hung Him upon
an old rugged Cross,
A thief on either side.
But, the day He comes back, again,
He’ll take us to be His bride.

If we give our Hearts to Him
Who bore our shame on Calvary’s Cross,
Though we’ve sinned o’er and o’er,
We’ll suffer no loss …

But, only if we claim Him as Savior
And are not filled with shame.
Then, that fateful day, in Glory,
He’ll proudly proclaim our name.

This is the love of one so dear ~
That He suffered agonizing pain
So, when this life on earth is over,
Through Him, we’ll be joined again.

By His tender mercies and pain
Of a crown of thorns upon His head,
He will raise us up to Glory, as was He
After they pronounced Him dead.

His Cross Became My Crown

Long before I knew Him,
I begrudged having to go to Church;
Sitting by a little brook,
beneath a crooked limbed old birch.
But, one night, I felt His voice
and I heard the Minister say,
“If you want to go to this lovely place
called Heaven, this is the way.”

I bowed to the Master,
asking Him to come into my own heart,
‘Cause never, in my life span,
did I want this feeling from me to part.
I saw, in my heart, the old rugged cross
He bore up a hill, that day.
And, I cried, “Lord, I give my life
to You and I will ever stay.”

So, He crowned me with glory
and His Cross became my crown,
Because I want to be with my Savior,
in Heaven, and hear the angels sound.
I asked for His mercy and, upon my heart
He very lovingly did bestow,
A crown of Glory born of a Cross he carried,
as upon a hill He did go.

My crown was paid for by Jesus,
as He hung and for my sins died.
When I really realized this, my heart bled
and I hung my head and cried.
“Lord Jesus, forgive me.
Though, naught did I do, way back then.”
But, since I received my crown,
I know Jesus died for every sin.

He will show us the way to glory,
every step and every prayer of the way.
He will lead us to victory, again,
every time we err and go astray.
The old cross was the burden
that we all thank Jesus for, today.
For, He took our punishment.
He earned, for all of us,
an eternal stay.

~Author Pearlie Duncan Walker~

Please find peace this Easter.