One of These Things is Not Like the Others

We had a GREAT time Easter weekend dying eggs, hunting eggs, filling plastic eggs with candy for his Easter basket, and learing about the Easter story using resurrection eggs...Can you see why R thinks of eggs when I ask him how we celebrate Easter?? See http://store.familylife.com/detail.asp?id=10851 for information on the resurrection eggs as they are one of my favorite ways to go through the story of Easter with R (his, too!).

My parents were here, and everyone had a wonderful time just being together. I was so glad that David grabbed the camera to capture this picture of R dying eggs Saturday afternoon. He decided that he didn't want to get egg dye on his new truck t-shirt, hence the apron with no shirt! He had a great time moving his eggs in and out of the dye cups, and there was ALOT of splashing, so it was a good thing that his shirt was spared. (I can't really say the same for mine!) I absolutely LOVE Easter, and it was so fun this year to see R really getting into both the story and the traditions of the holiday.


The irony, however, is that somehow...all but one of our eggs turned out pink or purple!! We used a different type of dye this year that is supposed to result in tie-dyed or speckled looking eggs as you move the eggs through the dye from lighter colors to darker colors. Well...there are specks (that you can't really see) on our purple eggs.

We all had a good laugh as we jokingly noted that "one of these things is not like the other...."

On the other hand, purple is the color of royalty, and R's verse this week at AWANA is Revelation 19:16..."and He has this name written: KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS." I am always looking for symbolic ways to teach Biblical truths, so I'll take 11 purple eggs anyday!!


"For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5: 7-8

Thank you for demonstrating such a love. Thank you for both your death and your resurrection. Thank you for a reason to celebrate the risen Messiah!