Way More Than Rabbit's Hiding Eggs

Many churches try to discourage the commercialism of Easter but, why not use it as a tool to help teach the message? You’ve probably asked yourself “What do rabbits, hidden eggs, and baby chicks have to do with Easter?”

As we all know, Good Friday symbolizes the day that Jesus was crucified on the cross and buried in a cave. Easter Sunday was the day that the cave was opened and found empty.

Luke 24:1-7: On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'"

It is the Christian belief that Jesus was raised by God and that his death could be cause for all Christians to enter Heaven’s gate.

John 5:24: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

If you ask me, that is enough for a celebration!

We know why we celebrate Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but where did all the eggs and rabbits come from? Commercialized Easter celebrations began as a Pagan celebration of the goddess “Eastre”. She is the Pagan goddess of spring and fertility thus the egg and bunnies symbolize fertility and new life.

Now we have all these great explanations, but how in the world did we tie them together? No one really knows.

Welcome to my imagination –

Baby Chicks - When they are young they look to their mother for guidance and protection. The same way we as Christians look to our Lord Jesus.

Rabbit - In 90% of my encounters with the Easter bunny, it has always been white. The color white represents purity. As we all know there was only one pure man in this world and that was Jesus.

Eggs - The Easter bunny hides eggs, usually very easy for us to find. Jesus’ teachings are similar. They are hidden directly under our noses; all you have to do is look.

When I was young, the Easter bunny always hid a golden egg or prize egg. Jesus may have made his lessons very easy to find; but there is a goal to all that searching. Heaven, sort of like the prize egg, it's a little more difficult to get there but I assure you the journey is well worth it.

Happy Easter everyone, God Bless.

Inspired

Well this kind of comes out of the blue and I know it.
I never write in this damn blog but I was blinded by inspiration tonight as I'm driving down a road in some thick fog and I'm thinking about my day which leads to me thinking about my month and all that great shit. I am feeling depressed and mad as hell when I look up and I see a cross glowing in the distance. It's on a church steeple and it has halogen lights all in it so yes, it was literally glowing in the distance.

It made me start thinking about myself and the person I can be and the person that I am. So first I'm going to tell you about the person I can be…I can be hateful, vengeful and think only of myself and what I want. I can be one of those people who believe in the "eye for an eye" theory. Sometimes I think I should be this man. I feel like I should go through with the things I feel inside.

· I should let no man put me down.
· I should let no man talk to me like I am beneath him.
· If a man treats me like I am beneath him I should beat the hell out of him till he understands that he is not above me.
· I should find the people who are weak in my life and treat them as if they are beneath me.

Let them know that if they are going to act like a bitch they should be treated as such.
· I feel that I could prove by bringing pain and fear into people, that I can be on top of the dog pile that is life.

I have read in the Bible that it should be "an eye for an eye", yet I know that I am an equal to everyone else. No man is above me, or I above him. I know that Jesus died on the cross for my sins and that I could act this way and be forgiven in the end. I could be wicked and still make it into the kingdom of the Lord.

Then I think about what the "cross" means to me. I know that Jesus died on that cross for my sins, so that I can be forgiven. But I also know that I would be doing Him no honor by entering heaven on a technicality. I think about the person I am and the person I should always be. I am a forgiving person, no matter how many times I've been fucked over in the past. I still find a way in my heart to forgive. This may make me a sucker in some people's eyes.

I tend to love many people who in the eyes of others should not be loved. I am a giving person even to those would not give me a thing. I do sometimes feel like I am I damn fool for these things but it's who I am.

Please don't think I am I comparing myself to Jesus, I am not perfect by far. I just want everyone to know these things about me because I feel that some should think long and hard about the way they themselves have acted. I want you to know that I am thankful for the people who have and who still do love me. I am blessed for the people who forgave me for horrible things I have done in the past. Most of all, I am thankful for my God who realizes that no man is perfect. I thank Him for giving everyone a chance, especially those of us who may be good people but are guilty of horrible thoughts.I don't know if this will make sense to anyone but I just felt like I had to write it.