"Is it Okay to do Easter Egg Hunts for our Kids?" (Special Podcast Highlight)
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered if letting your little ones loose in the garden, searching for those brightly colored Easter eggs might just be leading them a tad away from the monumental meaning of Easter? Well, you're not alone in this Easter egg conundrum! Amy from Oceanside, California, brought this "egg-ceptionally" good question to the Patrick Madrid Show.
Patrick shared some golden yolks of wisdom. He reassured Amy (and all of us listening in) that as long as our kiddos are grounded in the true essence of Easter – that is, celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection and His divine love for us – then adding a sprinkle of secular fun like Easter egg hunts is totally fine! 🕊️
Think of it as a chocolate-covered marshmallow peep: sweet on the outside but with a core that holds the real treasure. Patrick paralleled this with Christmas celebrations, noting that it's completely okay to enjoy the festive trimmings as long as the heart of the celebration remains focused on Jesus's birth and His ultimate gift of love and salvation to us.
So, go ahead and hide those eggs in the most challenging nooks and crannies of your garden, because it's all in good faith (literally!). And remember, as long as Jesus remains the reason for the season in your family's heart, you're on the right track to a faith-filled, fun-filled Easter celebration!
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| 0:00.0 | Amy in Oceanside, California. Welcome. |
| 0:02.5 | Hi, Patrick. Good morning. My question is, do you think it's appropriate for me to expose my |
| 0:07.4 | children to Easter egg hunts, or does it somehow take away from the true meaning of Easter? |
| 0:12.4 | I'll put it this way. That's a good question, Amy. If your children are being raised |
| 0:17.8 | knowing what Easter is all about, this is about Jesus Christ, his resurrection from the dead. |
| 0:24.5 | He is our Lord and Savior. |
| 0:26.3 | He proved that, proved his divinity by rising from the dead, etc. |
| 0:30.4 | And that's the focus, the foundation of their understanding of Easter. |
| 0:35.5 | And it's really clear to them. |
| 0:40.3 | Then, no, I don't see any problem with the more secular dimension of Easter, Easter eggs and egg hunts and things like that. |
| 0:47.5 | There's no harm in that, per se, as long as they have the foundation of the real meaning, |
| 0:54.1 | and that's front and center. |
| 0:55.3 | And I would say in the same way as Christmas can be celebrated. |
| 0:58.6 | We, in our culture, people who are not religious celebrate Christmas, but they're not celebrating it for the real meaning, of course, Jesus and his birth. |
| 1:07.6 | So there too, if your children are being taught and they understand that I'm celebrating |
| 1:12.0 | Christmas because Jesus was born, he is my Savior, he is the gift that surpasses all other gifts, |
| 1:20.1 | and yet you still have a Christmas tree and you still give presents and things like that. |
| 1:24.9 | No problem whatsoever, in my opinion. Okay, great. |
| 1:28.5 | Thank you so much, Patrick. |
| 1:30.1 | I'm a big fan, and such a pleasure. |
| 1:32.1 | Thanks so much, kind of you. |
| 1:34.9 | You can join me by listening to the Patrick Madrid show |
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