Our Easter was a blend of tradition and real life. The boys enjoyed parties and egg hunts with their friends at school. Paul and his parents took the kids to the club for the annual buffet, games, petting zoo, and egg hunt.
(A special thank you to my in-laws for the pictures!)
For the third year in a row, a child spiked a fever on Saturday evening. Paul and Ryan spent Easter morning at the urgent care, where Ryan received the expected diagnosis of strep throat. He did muster enough energy to enjoy Easter baskets but spent the majority of the day lying down. The kids and I read from the Bible while Paul prepared a special, yet simple, breakfast. There was no church or a fancy dinner this year for all of the obvious reasons.
Perhaps these unconventional Easters serve an important purpose. Jesus took on the skin of man and willingly joined this world of fevers, broken bones, and dirty houses. He did not die and rise from the dead three days later so that we could have a special-occasion-one-day-a-week religion. He came, died, and rose again so that we might have an intimate relationship with our Creator God. This means that I have the privilege of drawing close and resting in Him no matter the external circumstances of my life.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” II Corinthians 5:17
We celebrate the newness of life that is His gift to all who believe!
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