Easter Traditions

My church, Trinity United Methodist Church, located in Durand, Georgia, is a quaint country church full of history and tradition. We have a small congregation, but we don't get lost in the numbers, and everybody knows everybody. I think I've been searching for this church my entire life.
One of our Easter traditions is our cross. Every Easter morning, we members bring spring flowers and decorate the cross with them. Honoring Christ and His gift to us, we stand around it. It's so beautiful; the picture doesn't do it justice.
After everyone has had a chance to go home for dinner, we return for the children's Easter egg hunt and light refreshments. There's more adults than children, but we don't mind; we are a family, and we're making our own memories and will one day be surprised when all these little ones are grown, too.

One of my neighbors has an saying, done in needlepoint, that was given to his wife many years ago. His wife has been dead several years, but he still has this needlepoint hanging in his den. I heard it again today, and I thought how fitting for those words to be said today - a reminder of how our lives can be because of Christ.

May you always find Peace in living,

Joy in giving,

And Love in each new day.

A good motto to live by, don't you think?

On another note, my husband is good friends with an elderly gentleman who manages his son's farm. In addition, he also raises chickens and sells his organic eggs. Today I decided to have an egg-salad sandwich for lunch and took out four eggs. I didn't pay that much attention to them until after I had boiled them. I had eggs dyed by nature - blue, brown, green, and creamy white! What a marvelous treat!