Last year I purchased a set of plastic eggs. My desire had been to fill them with small tokens that were symbols of the stories surrounding Easter. Think advent calendar, 12 days instead of 24, Easter-version.
That did not happen.
Nor did it happen this year.
This is on the "maybe, someday" list :).
This year, shortly after the loved ones were all settled under the covers, I took out my bible, a few chocolates and a little creativity (recall that attention span and energy are in short supply around here these days.... it's gotta get done in 10 minutes or less ... or else :P).
First, I decided to stuff 5 eggs with scripture verses, following the "Romans Road":
1. Romans 3:23 - "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."2. Romans 6:23 - "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
3. Romans 5:8 - "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us."
4. Romans 10 - "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
5. John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that he gave us his one and only Son, that whoever would believe in him would not perish but have eternal life."
All the other eggs got three chocolates each. There are 2 of every color (I added an additional egg for John 3:16 in case you do the math and realize it doesn't work out :P) - one for each daughter that eats easter eggs!!! I also bought of few of those little chocolate eggs in the foil wrapper to hide individually.
Bowl of eggs all ready for hiding ....
A chocolate bunny for daddy :).....
Simple. Fun. Hopefully meaningful. And a way of passing along the story of the cross....
1 comment:
Oh, Leah, remind me to tell you about resurrection eggs! The kids made them in homeschool co-op this year and they are used to tell the story of Easter, starting with Jesus riding into Jerusalem on the donkey and ending with Him rising! Rheanna is especially good at telling the Easter story using them! And, they use those plastic eggs you already have!
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