Hunting for the Right Egg
Happy Easter everyone!! Christ is risen!
As some of you remember, I have chosen not to include Santa in our Christmas celebrations in an effort to keep the true meaning of the holiday in the forefront of our hearts and minds. To that same end, the Easter Bunny is not part of our family celebration this weekend. We have a bunny-shaped basket, sure, and there might be a little bit of chocolate to put in it, but there is no belief that a rabbit hid eggs around our house. I wanted LM to wake up on Easter morning thankful that Christ died and ROSE AGAIN for HIS sins, not to wonder how many jelly beans and marshmallow eggs he could eat in an hour.
I'm not here to tell you how to celebrate the holiday. I just realized (and I probably should have shared this sooner) that some fellow Christians may be interested in how we've come to make Christ the center of our celebrations even in the midst of a hunt for eggs.
We have come to use "Resurrection Eggs" as our "egg hunt eggs". They each contain a small token that corresponds to a story told in the book "Benjamin's Box" that tell the story of Christ's journey to the cross. The eggs and the book are both available at Amazon.com or at any Christian bookstore, I am certain. They truly are a great way to tell the greatest story.
Have a great holiday everyone! And may God Bless you all!
As some of you remember, I have chosen not to include Santa in our Christmas celebrations in an effort to keep the true meaning of the holiday in the forefront of our hearts and minds. To that same end, the Easter Bunny is not part of our family celebration this weekend. We have a bunny-shaped basket, sure, and there might be a little bit of chocolate to put in it, but there is no belief that a rabbit hid eggs around our house. I wanted LM to wake up on Easter morning thankful that Christ died and ROSE AGAIN for HIS sins, not to wonder how many jelly beans and marshmallow eggs he could eat in an hour.
I'm not here to tell you how to celebrate the holiday. I just realized (and I probably should have shared this sooner) that some fellow Christians may be interested in how we've come to make Christ the center of our celebrations even in the midst of a hunt for eggs.
We have come to use "Resurrection Eggs" as our "egg hunt eggs". They each contain a small token that corresponds to a story told in the book "Benjamin's Box" that tell the story of Christ's journey to the cross. The eggs and the book are both available at Amazon.com or at any Christian bookstore, I am certain. They truly are a great way to tell the greatest story.
Have a great holiday everyone! And may God Bless you all!
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Also, this year we went to see the Stations of the Cross as put on by the 5th graders at our church. The kid who played Jesus was adorable...he kept moaning in pain with every fall...
So Easter can be fun and you can keep the true meaning. Although I must confess to getting my husband a huge basket of candy!
He's Alive and we're Forgiven!