Fun to Hide
This past Sunday was Easter and for the first time we were having family over to our house for the occasion. My wife’s brother and family came in, spent the night and went to services with us. After the contemporary service we went home, were joined by our friends Russ and Stacey, and we had roast and vegetables. That was all good, the kids had made a bunny cake earlier and we looked forward to eating that. But first came the hunt…
We had originally thought the kids did not want an easter egg hunt so no preparations were made, no eggs purchased, no candy bought. On my way home from church however I received a phone call from my wife. “The kids want an egg hunt” so it was super uncle Russell to the rescue. I found an open store and went to the greatly depleted, but greatly price reduced Easter aisle and found the last bags of Easter eggs and candy. I asked the cashier to give me some change so I could make the coveted “Money Egg.” I went home, broke open the eggs and filled them all up, closed them back and put them into sacks. After dinner Russ, Craig and I went outside and hid the eggs. Some were very obvious but many were hidden. Then the hunt was on.
The two kids came out and searched. They found some that I thought were hidden real well immediately. Some of them that we thought would be in plain sight they ran right past and never saw. My favorite was the one in the tree that sat there for a good 20 minutes and they never found. But after the obvious eggs were gathered and there were still 3 money eggs out came the hints. “Ok I can see 4 eggs from where I am”, or “The egg is between this tree and that bush.” The kids searched and looked, they would see where we were pointing and run to find the treasures. Eventually 36 eggs were hidden and 36 eggs were found. Hopefully I counted right and my lawn mower won’t find any suprises.
It was fun to know where the eggs were, to know what was inside the eggs, and to watch the kids run all around searching for those treasures. It was great to know what awaited them when they opened the eggs. I anticipated the surprise when they opened the money egg, and I think I might have wanted them to find it more than they wanted to find it. Because I knew what was inside. I knew what awaited them. So that’s why I gave them clues, hints and sometimes led them right to the eggs.
I think God has many surprises and treasures for us. I think some of them are obvious, and some of them should be obvious to us. Maybe it is a person in your life. Maybe it is a situation or an opportunity. Maybe it is right in front of you, but maybe you have to search a little, pull back the leaves or look at it from a different angle. All the while though I imagine God sitting there, giving hints, and waiting for the look on your face when you open the treasure.
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