7 Days of Easter

Easter is one of my favorite holidays.

I love dying eggs, creating Easter baskets, and eating the deviled eggs made from the previously dyed eggs.

However, I sometimes think that Easter is one of the most over-looked holiday especially in relation to its signifigance. After traveling abroad and seeing how much celebration and importance is placed upon Easter compared to America, I feel the world overlooks the miracle Easter represents and begs us to remember- the Resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ.

Obviously this is a well-know argument around Christmas, but I feel at least at Christmas a person can at least see pictures of Christ through the ever displayed Nativity. At Christmas, many people read some version of the Navitiy and focus on serving others. The Spirit of Christmas is at least in the air. I don't believe the same thing happens at Easter. The Easter Bunny is the most prevalent. I know that I haven't read the story of the Resurrection near as many times as the Nativity. Why is that?

I wanted to shift my focus this year. Thus this blog post. Not in a "I want to show everyone I am focusing on Easter sort of way," but in I truly feel others feel the same. And as a leader of our church, President Uchdorft recently said that sharing of Christ helps us know him and even mentioned blogging, I think this is a perfect way to refocus our attention to Christ and the sacrifice He went through. ( a little sitation- http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/waiting-on-the-road-to-damascus?lang=eng)

The title of this blog is slightly self-explanatory. There are 7 days until Easter much like the 12 days of Christmas. Each day I will post something relating to Jesus Christ that has touched me throughout my life. This is somewhat difficult for me because I am a very private person as most of you know. ha.

In this first post I am going to post a talk written by President Spencer W. Kimball- a former Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

This talk was given around Christmas time, and was given to me by my father to read. It changed his life and because it did has directly influenced mine. I am so grateful for a father who leads by example, helps his children strive to be better, and always believes in them.

http://lds.org/ensign/1980/12/jesus-of-nazareth?lang=eng



Happy Easter!!