What an Easter weekend!

Taking afternoon naps because you ate too many chocolate eggs.

April 9, 2021

Dewald De Beer 1 minute read

Growing up Easter weekend was something you get excited about as a young kid.

Running around with friends and family in the yard looking for Easter eggs hidden in the garden around the house. Some Easter weekend we would go away camping or getting proper sunburn because you spent three hours building a sandcastle only to be broken down by that monster (my brother).

In high school, Easter weekend was more about just resting because of the so-called school work being too much. Taking afternoon naps because you ate too many chocolate eggs. The children in the family are laughing and crying because the sugar high is too much.

Now as a grown-up to witness the Easter celebrations from a different point of view is somewhat satisfying. I can understand dad’s frustration because of the traffic, and moms upset because she has to listen to dad telling every driver how they bought their licences.

As kids, we tend to go after the chocolate eggs and the long weekend away from school and forget about what truly Easter weekend is about.

The amazing miracle is the resurrection of Jesus Christ and what he did for us.

I have to admit that as a child I believed in the Easter bunny and always wondered why this bunny is losing its eggs and why are they chocolate and not baby bunnies hatching.

Growing up and learning more about Jesus and His resurrection was almost a new way of finding belief… I’m not saying throw away the Easter eggs all I’m saying is, it is nice to eat chocolate eggs while celebrating the rise of Jesus Christ.