Food For Thought Good Friday

For this Good Friday, join us in some food for thought for today's recipe.

Food for thought from Sarah:

Today is the day we reflect on Jesus' debts He paid for us. Currently my husband and I are working on paying down our debts so we can afford the house we want for our growing family. Today I am reminded about the debt Jesus paid for our souls. He gave His life for us. God gave His only Son to us for our sins.

So while I'm overwhelmed in mortgage applications, closing costs and calculations, I'm thinking about Jesus and what He paid for me, my husband, and my boys. A debt that I cannot calculate with interest rates or FICO scores.

This debt is paid in full and wiped away with a clean bill. This to-good-to imagine offer really exists, so take Him up on it today.

Food for thought from Emma:

Today is the day we reflect on Jesus trials. Our lives always contain trials, but these struggles seem so trivial to those Jesus faced for us. We all carry our burdens full of emotional pangs, relational strains, and physical hurts. I am not exempt and neither are you.

On this day we relive the path of Jesus through his own struggles and trials. He faced betrayal, denial, scorn, anxiety, bodily torture, and death. He did this willingly without so much as a cry. All this He did so that He might carry our burdens for us.

We need not struggle alone. Christ who bore the pangs of this human life is there to see you through. He understands and feels every emotion, thought, sorrow, and pain right along with you. Celebrate a Savior this day who relates to your situation, your frustration, and indisposition. Surrender at the cross.


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Toy Thursday: Learn your letters with Easter Eggs!

Last year my neighbor gave us this clever Easter egg game matching letters together. As soon as we got it back out this year, Judah was more interested in it than before. The game certainly puts a seasonal flair on learning by matching upper case letters to lower case letters using plastic Easter eggs.

Items
package of colorful plastic Easter eggs
permanent marker

Instructions
On one side of the egg, write a capital letter of the alphabet. On the corresponding side, write three or four lower case letters of which one is the match to the upper case letter. Rotate these letters around the egg. The child then puts the egg together and turns the sides to match the upper case letter with the lower case letter. Do this with several eggs using various letters of the alphabet.

Make Monday: Crayon Eggs!

If you have a lot of broken crayons lying around, keep the pieces for melting into crayon shapes. Introduced to us by a friend as their annual Valentine's, Judah and I expanded the idea and used our broken crayons to make Easter eggs for a fun and easy Easter activity.

1. Sort and separate all your broken crayons. Remove any remaining paper from crayons.

2. Place broken crayon pieces into the baking silicone rubber pan of your choice. Choose colors based on designs for a fun melting experience.

3. Bake at 400 degrees for approximately 20 minutes or so. Ovens, pans, and crayons may vary your oven temperature and baking time.

4. Allow crayons to fully melt. Once the crayon has melted, take out of oven, and let it sit to cool.

5. After the crayon becomes cool and solid, remove from pan.

6. Use for decorations, fun gifts, or to simply color. Have lots of fun.