We spent our Easter with family. My family first, and Shane’s family after. It was wonderful. After a delicious lunch at my mom and dad’s house, my mom and dad explained to the kids that when we accept Jesus into our hearts, we become a new creation. Like a caterpillar changes into a butterfly, and it can never be changed back, we are secure in our new identity in Christ.
Then Grandma took the kids out into the woods for a butterfly hunt!
Here they are, all lined up youngest to oldest (minus the two babies 🙂 ), ready to go searching for butterflies!
And there they go….into the woods!
Makayla was the first to find a “butterfly” – which was really a candy bar glued to clear, glitter-painted wings, hanging from a tree on a string. So cute, but hard to photograph as the wings kept flopping over. My mom is so creative.
The boys were pretty excited when they found theirs!
I love being in my parent’s woods….
And each family got to go home with a butterfly habitat so we can watch our very own caterpillars turn into butterflies!
I am so glad that we got to celebrate today with our family. And I am thankful for grandparents who pass down God’s truths and love to our kids.
We are very blessed. Happy Easter! He is Risen!
“Those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun.” II Corinthians 5:17
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