Hiding Easter Eggs

Today Cassidy and Callie spent time at a friend’s house. This gave Amy and I some much needed rest and relaxation. Investing in quality time together as husband and wife is wise. A former pastor of mine spent a lot of time talking about the importance of this, and we have done our best to take that advice. Our marriage goes much smoother when we make time for each other.



Yesterday Cassidy and I colored Easter Eggs. Unfortunately, Easter, the Easter Bunny, and the Easter Egg all have roots in Pegan religion. The story goes something like this. The festival of “Eastre” (the celebration of the goddess of springtime) seemed to come at the same time that the Christians celebrated the resurrection of Christ. The rabbit symbolized this goddess, who was also known as the goddess of offspring (which makes sense to anyone who has ever raised rabbits). Finally, eggs were often traded during this festival, and were probably colored, and maybe even hidden by the Pegan children. When the Good News of Jesus Christ began to spread throughout the different parts of the world, people were still able to enjoy the festival, but now for a different, and far better reason. The spelling was changed along the line to “Easter,” and became synonymous with the Resurrection. To me, the egg symbolizes a new birth, which is what Christ brings to each of us. And the Easter Bunny, well, to be really honest, the only Easter Bunnies I like are the chocolate ones!


This morning I got up really early and hid the eggs we had colored and decorated. Cassidy had a ton of fun running around the yard finding these eggs.









So what else have we done over this break? Not as much as we needed to. I got a lot of gardening work done, and fixed a few things around the house. We spent a lot of time thinking. Amy and I have really been debating whether or not we should put the house up for sale. This was the plan originally, but we need to have peace about it. So far, we are still thinking.