The Easter Bunny Tracker has been the focal point for this bunch. They are so excited.
We did pause for a talk about the real meaning of Easter, which is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
What does the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs have to do with the Resurrection? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
I am fully aware that some Christians don't celebrate Easter. And I am fully aware that kids get way more excited about candy, gifts and hunting for eggs than they do about the resurrection or about Christ himself. The same is true of adults sometimes.
You can google the origination of the bunny, the eggs and all that. It matters more to me what we do with the holiday today in our own lives than how it began or what it meant or means to others. We do the bunny and the eggs. We also do Jesus and the Cross, the Burial and the Resurrection.
That's just how we do it.
Not looking for anyone's approval, agreement or anything like that. You're free to celebrate in your own way. You're free to not celebrate at all.
Not celebrating at all. What does that look like?
Unless your kids live in a closed culture, they may resent being forced to abstain from the fun they see others enjoying. But that's hard to define, isn't it? What's harmless and healthy fun versus what's harmful and unhealthy. We could even use the S word here - sin. We don't justify sin by the fact that others are doing it.
Just be careful where you draw the line.
Happy Easter.
He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Matthew 28:6 NIV
