If you're house is like mine, there are quite a few candy wrappers laying around after this weekend.
My family spend Friday and Saturday back home celebrating Easter with both sides of our family. It was a great time...laughter, food, relaxation, and of course...more food.
My kids got tons of candy. Jellybean eggs, chocolate bunnies, purple packages of M&Ms, and my personal favorite, the Reese's Peanut Butter Egg. YES!
As we've led up to Easter, Kristen and I have tried to talk a lot about what we're celebrating and why we even have Easter. It's no surprise that our culture tends to focus on the more random, non-eternal "stuff" much more than the true purpose of Easter that I want my family to care about.
Our kids have done a great job - I think they "get it" and I think they're doing pretty well for the respective ages.
But as I woke up this morning and saw all those packages and wrappers and eggs (and quite a few crumbs at the table,) I realized something.
THIS IS A FIGHT.
No, I'm not against chocolate eggs. I'm not against my kids getting all jazzed about an Easter Egg Hunt. Gosh, I even like the Easter Bunny! But as I looked all this residual stuff from Easter weekend, I saw them as reminders. As we dole out these treats to the kids, my son and daughter are probably going to remember something about it.
"This is the candy grandma gave me."
"Remember when we found that big purple egg, Daddy?"
"There was a five dollar bill in my Easter basket!"
The leftovers from Easter will remind them of stuff. But will I?
You see, I'm too often quick to forget Easter - to move on, to forget to remind my kids about Easter. I don't make a priority of reinforcing the power of Christ's resurrection. And I should.
Maybe you've got wrappers in your house. Maybe you don't.
But I'd encourage you to think about reinforcement this week. Let's keep talking about the cross and the empty grave. Let's talk about new life. Let's center on Jesus!
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