[freebird]

I've noticed over the years that more and more children who think of easter think of chocolate and the easter bunny. when i was growing up we enjoyed easter and the easter bunny but we also enjoyed that it was a celebration for the salvation offered to us by Jesus's ressurection. chocolate and easter bunnies are great but on easter i try to remember what it's supposed to be about.
i give thanks to god for this surgery everyday, but today especially i want to give thanks to good for allowing me the chance at salvation. in a way i just realized he has now offered me salvation twice, through Jesus's ressurection but also through the resurrection of the healthy me.

[fr1endly2]

I will be the first to admit that my kids think of this holiday as a bunny comeing to their home and leaving them a holiday basket of goodies
is proly all my kids know of the ocasion.
UNFORTUNATELY were not a very religous family. ITS very hard when both parents work 7 days a week and have tons of things to get done on the weekends that finding time for religion is difficult.
LISA

[freebird]

i understand that friend, and your kids are still young aren't they. my parents weren't big time into religion when we were kids but they found time every sunday for church and at night for prayers, but times are also different now. More i was thinking of kids who are like 12 and up. at one point as we got older i was dragging my parents to church on sundays instead of the other way around so i may be a little more sensitive on these religious subjects than others,

[Pillows]

I understand what you both mean. I have an inner religious battle with myself often. My husband and I agreed that we would not have the Easter bunny tradition in our house per se. We do buy the kids Easter treats, but they know that the bunny isn't involved and we made sure that they knew why there is a holiday celebrating it. Of course, Taylor who is three didn't comprehend much beyond the chocolate, but the attempt was made. It seems like going to church is a big battle for us in our marriage a lot of times. My husband has a hobby that is mostly done in groups on Sundays during the summer and even though I understand his desire to skip church during the hobby season to play, I also worry about the message we are sending to our kids, our church, and most importantly God. I feel like this surgery has been such an absolute blessing in my life and that by not being dedicated to attending services, I am turning my back like an ungrateful child. The other part of me wants to support my husband and cave in to be able to spend time together as a family and stop fighting and contention. I just pray that God will understand if I compromise and meet hubby half way. I also pray that my husband will eventually come around too and take the spiritual wheel every now and then. It is hard to feel like I always have to be more spiritual for the family and can't have a period of bad attitude, or risk my family going astray. whew... did you get all that. Sorry, bad day for me on this topic.
Janae

[freebird]

pillows i totally got all that and understand. roo doesn't go to church with me he refuses and i don't always go, i don't believe that you need to go to church to be a good christian. fellowship is good but that can be found in other avenues than attending church services, and remember that God is a loving, kind and forgiving, all seeing god and he sees your efforts. some people don't even try,
and it's great that you do this with your kids
many just don't have the time, or don't care
Taylor will understand soon, maybe a year or two, so keep at it and fight the good fight God knows