Happy Easter!
Easter for me isn’t just about the chocolate eggs and the
Easter Bunny, my family remember the true meaning of Easter, the period of time
leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on the cross, the resurrection,
and all to allow us to be forgiven for our sins whenever we ask for it, the
most amazing sacrifice.
When at my boyfriend’s house we got talking about Easter and
he went upstairs and brought out an old Design and Technology project of his.
It was a simple, large, wooden box with a brown tinted glass cover that could
slide out. It had three trays that sat one on top of the other and each tray
was divided into sections with a dusting of fine yellow sawdust.
This box was designed to protect some of the most precious
objects I have had the delight to touch.
Eggs.
Lots and lots of eggs, all
shapes, sizes, colours and patterns, all intricate and fragile, stored in a bed
of sawdust. Some were as bone china held up to the light you could see shadows
through them, and each egg had been kept there safely for twenty eight years.
I loved how small the Robin’s eggs were, to think a little
chick about the size of a five pence piece would come out of them enthralled
me. The colour of the Magpie and House Sparrow eggs that look like pebbles from the beach
and the vibrant blue of the Thrush eggs were a feast upon the eyes! All
the children loved seeing these eggs, and they probably wouldn’t get another
chance to see this many all together from wild birds again!
Easter is definitely about new life, whether it be tiny baby
chicks hatching from eggs or the new life in Christ when sins have been
forgiven which only has happened since Jesus died on the cross for us.
So Happy Easter everyone, and happy chocolate eating!!!
