Children dressed for Easter, Tallahassee, FL (1957), Source/Author Florida Memory, State Library and Archives, https://floridamemory.com/items/show/261196 (PD per Section 257.35(6) Florida Statutes)
Easter Sunday was an important day on the calendar when we were children.
We would be dressed in our best Spring finery for church – Easter bonnets, white cotton gloves, starched dresses, lace anklets, patent leather shoes. With trees coming into bud and daffodils in bloom, the whole world seemed fresh and new.
Of course, appearances can be deceiving. Child abuse can be disguised for the world. But no amount of chocolate eggs or jelly beans can make up for it.
These days the focus seems more on the Easter bunny than the Resurrection. Which is a tragedy, since it is Christ who offers abuse victims genuine comfort and healing.
He offers us, in fact, a new life (whatever may have caused our scars).
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Cor. 5: 17).
Wishing you all a Happy Easter!
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A blessed Easter to you and yours, Anna!
From one new creation to another, Happy Easter!
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Happy Easter, Anna! That could have been me, my brother and sister in that photo! God bless you, today! ✝️
Wishing you and yours a happy and blessed Easter, Anna.
A Happy and Blessed Easter, Anna. Such a sweet photo of the children dressed up for church… yes, it’s so true that Easter is so commercialised now, the true meaning is sadly lost!
The use of bunnies and eggs to celebrate Easter has always bothered me. These are emblems of a spring fertility goddess and not the Resurrection, however some apologists try to redefine them.
❤️&🙏, 🤠
I recognize that the symbolism was misappropriated by pagan cults. My own feeling is that God made rabbits, chickens, and the rest. As long as He gets the credit, I don’t have a problem w/ them. There are beautifully decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs which feature the cross.
Amen, Anna. Jesus is the best healer. 🙂
I hope you and your family enjoyed a Blessed Easter.
Bonnets, gloves! We need to bring those back and get rid of the Easter Bunny. 🐰
“He offers us, in fact, a new life (whatever may have cause our scars).” Amen to that! And because He lives, I can face tomorrow! Hope your Easter was a blessed one.