Happy Easter

So you ever wondered how Easter became the holiday filled with thoughts of bunnies and painted eggs hiding in the grass? How'd we get from Christ's resurrection to long-eared hopping mammals and undeveloped chicken offspring? Here's a little Easter history for you thanks to the History Channel.
Concerning the egg...
"As Christianity spread throughout Europe, different pagan customs blended into the holidays. In fact, the actual word Easter may have come from Eostre, the goodness of spring and fertility; which brings us to the Easter egg. Eggs have been a mythological symbol of birth for thousands of years. Christians adopted the egg as a Easter custom sometime around the 13th century. The yolk inside a shell represented Christ's emergence from the tomb. Eggs were painted red to represent the blood Christ shed on the cross. The colorful Easter egg soon hatched its own traditions."

Concerning the bunny...
"The fertile rabbit had long been a symbol of new life in European pagan celebrations. Beginning around the 16th century, parents told children that if they behaved, on the eve of Easter the Osterhase would come and lay colorful eggs. Children built nests in their homes to entice the rabbit to visit and so began the customs of Easter hunt and the Easter basket."

So I went on Wikipedia to check out the Easter bunny story especially since I wasn't sure on the spelling of the big bunny that brought eggs. Wiki goes on to say that the bunny would brings eggs, toys and candy to children, sometimes hiding them within the house.

So can we say the Easter bunny is Santa Claus for the summer? LOL. Just joking... sort of.

There are lots more theories and such about Easter traditions and how they came about, but I would be here all day if I were to share it all with you. That's what I found initially, backed it up in 2 other places and that's all I'm giving ya.

So what does Easter mean for me? I mean most of us know what the day symbolizes but how do I apply that to my life? I think of Easter as a time of renewal. Jesus died and was resurrected. I don't think I would quite use the word resurrected and apply to my life, but RESTORE. I've got my own things in my life (in all aspects) that I would like to restore; that I would like to put some life into. For me this year, that what I'm going to take out of Easter. Ok... I'm out.

So yeah... have a BLESSED EASTER!!!!