The Greatest Story Ever Told

Temp +18, BRIGHT SUNSHINE

It is just getting better and better (the weather that is) and there is so much more day to enjoy it!

OK this is a post that I have been meaning to write for a while. How to introduce Easter to a small person. I don't want to get into the whole Easter Bunny debate, I don't see a problem with celebrating Spring (bunnies, chickens, new life etc), especially here as the spring is so welcome. However the facts of the death and crucifixion of Jesus are a critical part of my Christian faith and we want our daughters to know those stories.

My dad wrote: Very nice - yes, Easter is a bit of a problem especially the bit that 'he died
because he loved us' Gives the wrong impression about love. Heavy stuff.

Not easy to defend in a short space, but 'no greater love is this, that a man would lay down his life for a friend'. I have trouble comprehendinng a love that would give up everything for me, but should we short change our daughter and not show her that kind of love??

So as is the way with me, I bought a book that we can read together and talk about. It is called 'The Easter Story' by Brian Wildsmith. It is the Bible story told from the perspective of the donkey who carried Jesus to Jerusalem. It has beautiful pictures and is a faithful story and is a book she can enjoy today and will grow into.

On a lighter note, the Påske hare (Easter bunny) did visit Barnehage today and gave all the children chocolate eggs. It was fun and like Father Christmas captures the children's attention for a fleeting moment, my prayer is that Jesus captures their hearts for longer than that:)