"All Things Testify of Him"

And this is especially true in the Springtime, when we celebrate Easter. We tried hard this year to teach our daughters that Easter is really about Jesus. We told stories of his death and resurrection. We tried to explain how the Easter egg symbolizes new birth that He offers us; but I don't think they got it! Maybe because they pictured commercialized hard-boiled, plastic, or candy eggs, instead of an egg with a baby chick.

But I realized today that all we have to do is walk outside and show them the flowers that have miraculously come to life again in a flowerbed that just a few weeks ago was brown and dead-looking...





This is an easy way to teach them what the Savior can do for each one of us, during this life and after. Some days our lives seem dark and hopeless, but President Hinckley often told us that there is light at the end of the tunnel. This hope is only through Christ, who is "the light, the life, and the way." All things truly testify of Him.


Follow up (a few days later): I took an opportunity to try to teach this to the children in the car on the way to preschool. I pointed out the flowers and reminded them of how they seemed dead, but then they came to life again. Gracie blurted out quickly, "Just like Jesus came to life again!" I was so happy--they did learn something over Easter!