The new dress, white patent leather shoes, and a bonnet.  Going to church one day a year then running home to find baskets filled with candy and a hollow chocolate candy rabbit.  Egg hunts for dyed boiled eggs that were all colored the night before and then hid outside (or many times inside due to an Easter snowstorm).  That is what I believed Easter to be in my childhood and young adulthood.  

Why, I wonder, was that the popular way many people chose to celebrate the day that our Savior took all our sins to the cross and rose on the third day so that we may have salvation through Him?  Why would we celebrate such an important day with colored eggs and rabbits instead of honoring and celebrating the One that made freedom and eternal life possible for us.  

 “so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.  To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.” Romans 9:28  

Resurrection Sunday (Easter Sunday) celebrates the risen Christ.  Christ, crucified and buried in a tomb.  On the third day Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, went to His tomb. When they arrived an angel of the Lord had rolled back the stone that covered the entrance to the tomb.  Sitting on the stone the angel of the Lord told them “He is not here; for He is risen, as He said” Matthew 28:6.  

So, how did we adopt a “tradition” and choose this for the teaching of children instead of simply teaching from proven scripture that explains every aspect of this life and the way to eternal salvation?  There are many “theories” and much conflicting data out there about how the rabbit and eggs became associated with Easter, none of which really matter, only God’s truth matters.   

I wish I would have had more Bible and less bunnies in my growing up years. Then my heart would have been opened and I could have enjoyed more time in the freedom I have knowing I am a child of God and that I will see Christ one day.  

I am so thankful for my Christ Who saved me through His suffering. I am thankful for Resurrection Sunday!