My definition of “soon” would not pass muster with the dictionary dictators. Perhaps I should have used “hoped for”. Or perhaps I should fess up that I got busy with other things and let this site lie fallow for way too long. There, that was not that hard to confess.
I had some heart issues, then cancer issues, and then issues with getting my priorities straight. Now that I have only a short time left, I realize I want to put some information into the library – at least for my descendants. I also have a genealogy site. I’d better get hopping, or I will need a new definition of “soon.”
The history of what we call “Easter” has developed through the centuries to the event we cele-brate today. “Easter”, like “Christmas” is not mentioned by name in the Bible. These events are described by actions rather than titles.
In our current culture, we have to have titles for everything as it seems we do not have the time to listen to the detailed stories of the events in the Bible or in everyday life. We need to devel-op our listening and thought processes to understand events and individuals. That is why Chris-tians have churches and Bible study to understand even a little of God’s grander rather than at-tempting to assign a made-up name or title for events. Go to the source, not the opinions of others.
“Easter” for Christians could be called “Resurrection” because we celebrate Jesus resurrection from death to return to his Father after paying for our sins. He suffered for each of us and only asks that we accept his sacrifice.
Faith is easy to define, but difficult for many of us to practice in our daily lives.
For others, it is a time for eating out, coloring and hiding eggs, or just taking a day off.
For many of us, it is a combination of celebrating Jesus re-birth and the birth of Spring. Two beautiful events in the early part of each year.
In addition to proclaiming “He is Risen!” we can also say “Happy Easter”, pray before the meal, and recognize colorful eggs as part of the new beginning of our lives each year.
Both bring joy to the heart and mind, and both should be practiced.
Easter brings back memories of church in my youth, my parents’ joy when sharing Bible time together, egg hunts, and even the Easter Parade. But more than the physical memories, my mind wanders at the mysteries of life and death, birth and resurrection, and at how Christ has changed our world for over 2,000 years. As I get closer to “going home”, I pray that I and oth-ers will be worthy.
But those are thoughts for other days. Today is the joy of life after death! Happy Easter to all of you.
Dick and Barbara
Attached:
— One of my mother’s and my favorite hymns. YouTube comes with an ad, but hit skip to hear Alan Jackson.
— A sketch I drew and a poem I wrote yesterday about Easter. These are “20-minute inspira-tions” I will write about later. I only started to sketch last year and found it was a way to put my emotions on paper.
In this case, the wonderful merger of the resurrection and spring is both a new beginning for another year.
Not attached because this is already long, but will be in another post: Easter egg coloring.
My initial efforts for this website were from 2016 to 2018. Those were busy years for setting up this website covering the Leurig Library. Time was spent changing media on the front of the web page to give the character of material included in the Library. A number of posts have been written for posting in later years. Research is ongoing on how to best present the material.
Photos and media have been stored on primary and backup servers, but still need to be titled and edited as part of a larger project in order to be shown on the Library site. Progress was made, but now is the time to put all of this into action.
