Christ is risen
Yesterday was so good. It was different not to go somewhere for Easter Sunday, but it was good to be at home with our little family and celebrate together what God has done. And teach our children about the forgiveness of sin that comes from God through Jesus' death and resurrection.
My wife found something really awesome online that I hope we do every year from now on. On Good Friday we had our kids go outside and pick up a bunch of rocks and put them in their Easter baskets. We talked about sin. How each rock represents sin. How the more we have the heavier the basket is to carry. Then we went inside and talked about what sin is. We had our kids' name different sins as they pulled out rocks. And we did as well. Then we covered the basket of rocks with a red blanket representing Christ's blood that was shed and covers our sin.
Then on Easter morning we got rid of the rocks and filled their Easter basket with good things and covered the baskets back over with the red blanket. When the kids got up we talked about how Christ's blood covers our sin and how he rose from the grave conquering death and that because of this our sin can be gone and replaced with good things. With love, with peace, with patience, with joy. Then we remove the red blanket to unveil all the good things.
It's really a great way to talk about the gospel with little kids. Thanks to whoever first came up with this idea.
My wife found something really awesome online that I hope we do every year from now on. On Good Friday we had our kids go outside and pick up a bunch of rocks and put them in their Easter baskets. We talked about sin. How each rock represents sin. How the more we have the heavier the basket is to carry. Then we went inside and talked about what sin is. We had our kids' name different sins as they pulled out rocks. And we did as well. Then we covered the basket of rocks with a red blanket representing Christ's blood that was shed and covers our sin.
Then on Easter morning we got rid of the rocks and filled their Easter basket with good things and covered the baskets back over with the red blanket. When the kids got up we talked about how Christ's blood covers our sin and how he rose from the grave conquering death and that because of this our sin can be gone and replaced with good things. With love, with peace, with patience, with joy. Then we remove the red blanket to unveil all the good things.
It's really a great way to talk about the gospel with little kids. Thanks to whoever first came up with this idea.