
Hey kids!! A few years back, I was sittin' on a shelf all by myself feelin' soooooooo sad and lonely. Easter had passed, and all the other little bunnies had homes, but not me. I didn't think anybody loved me or wanted me. BUT GOD...had a great big plan, like He usually does. It was lunch time on the Friday after Easter, and I was sittin' there lookin' cute and fluffy, in a gift shop inside a restaurant. Along came this blonde, about to buy a teddy bear...but then...she saw ME!!!! Her eyes lit up. She lifted me off the shelf, took me to the check-out, and made me her very own bunny rabbit. I found out later that Debbie had lost everything in a fire that week...including a BUNNY just like me. Now I had a home, just where God wanted me, and I was really loved.
That was April 23, 1982, my BIRTHDAY. Now...on that day every year, we have carrot cake and ice cream (yum yum), and we find a way to tell kids like you 'bout bein' born again. When I was sittin' on that shelf, I couldn't talk, I couldn't sing, and I didn't have a name. Then Debbie bought me, made me her very own bunny, gave me a name (Cherry)....and a voice so I could sing and talk to kids like you. Debbie bought me with money, but the Bible says that JESUS bought us with somethin' a whole lot better...His precious blood (1 Peter 1:18-19). He makes you God's very own child (John 1:12-13). Debbie gives me a voice...but God's Holy Spirit gives you new life that lasts forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever. God gives you a new name..."Christian"..."beloved"..."saint." Sooooooooooo...my bunny birthday is a whole lot like bein' born again.
Well...that's not all, folks. After a few years, me 'n Debbie started talkin' to kids, and I started writin' Bible songs to sing. We've been lots of places, tellin' everybody 'bout how Jesus Christ came down here to die for our sins and come back to life. That comin' back to life is called the RESURRECTION. God promises that someday there'll be a great big RESURRECTION, which means you, too! If you believe in Jesus, you'll get resurrected to eternal life and have a brand new body that will last forever and ever and ever and ever.... Soooo...instead of bein' an "Easter Bunny," I like to call myself the "Resurrection Rabbit." Has a nice ring to it, don't ya think? Hope you'll listen to some of them "resurrection rabbit" songs I like to sing.