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Editorial
Discovering Easter
It’s that time of the year again when millions of people up and down the country become experts (or perhaps should we say ‘eggsperts’) on the ins and outs of chocolate Easter eggs.
Who has the best offers? What is the best value? Checking the small print of the weight and contents. People start offering advice like “You are paying for the packaging you know, you might as well just buy a big bar of chocolate!”. So many to choose from, so many opinions… so many calories!
It’s not surprising that so much energy seems to go into the whole topic when you appreciate that each year we spend around £500 million on them in the UK. Now that’s a lot of chocolate! In fact since John Cadbury made his first chocolate eggs back in 1875, they have remained a huge favourite for young and old alike.
So is that what Easter is all about – cheap offers on chocolate eggs? It’s great to give our children or grandchildren an egg, but how about giving them more? What about the true message of Easter? Have we stopped to think what that is? Many people are far from clear on the facts, even a large supermarket chain had to quickly put out a press release in 2008 to correct an earlier one which claimed it was launching its range of eggs at Easter to “mark the birth of Jesus!”.
Among the members at the Ashby Christadelphians, there are plenty of us who love our chocolate, believe me! However, there are much more important things worth thinking about this Easter which last a lot longer than a chocolate egg. We would encourage you to give the equivalent few minutes of time and energy that you might typically spend on ‘Easter egg hunting’ to searching for the true meaning of Easter.
There are some big and important questions and many people find it understandably hard knowing where to start looking for answers. Questions like; why did an innocent man die? How can you be sure he was raised back to life? What has it got to do with me anyway?
Why not come and spend an hour with us to explore these questions, and more, and weigh up the value of what God is offering. We will be delighted to help you check out small print and take a closer look at the content of the Easter story. We would love to encourage you to get beyond the packaging to discover what the true meaning of Easter could really mean for you and your family.
While the Easter story has been around for some two thousand years, we guarantee it is as relevant and powerful as ever. Let this be the Easter when you discover far more than the just the best deal on chocolate eggs – discover the amazing gift God is offering you.
Useful passage to look up: Matthew Chapter 28
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