Mar
Easter Adventures
When our children were younger, we used to hide plastic Easter Eggs around the yard on Easter Sunday morning. We put small pieces of candy or some small coins in them. The kids loved searching for them and finding them.
They would get up early and enjoy an Easter egg hunt. Then, we would pack them up and head off to church together.
One year we got the idea to do it a second time. After they had found all of the eggs and emptied the eggs of their contents, we let one of them hide the eggs again. I soon realized that the kids enjoyed hiding the eggs almost more than they did finding them the first time!
There was something fun about hiding the eggs and knowing the secret places where they were concealed. They would offer hints to their brother and sisters when it became difficult to find a missing egg. Words like “your getting warm” and “look under the bush” helped a sibling discover the hard to find ones.
Maybe Easter is a little like this for you. Some of you discovered the significance of Easter years ago through a church or Sunday School class. You have experienced the joy of knowing Christ and believing in his death and resurrection.
Or, maybe you are still searching. Maybe for you Easter doesn’t make much sense yet, but you would like to know more. Maybe it is a little like an Easter Egg hunt. Let me encourage you to keep on searching and be willing to accept a little help finding what you are looking. Ask a friend. Read the Bible. Come to church. We would love to help you understand the importance of Easter and how it relates to your life today.
Maybe you are one of those like my kids, who loved to hide the eggs and help others find them. Let me encourage you to initiate a conversation with a friend or neighbor and help them discover more about Christ. You can be their guide. Invite them to your church. Share with them from the Bible. The news of Easter is for everyone.
I hope that this Easter season will be a special time of discovery for you and your family!