Easter Eggs

Went to two egg hunts the day before easter. The one in the pictures was at Dayspring. Benton and Jewels were in the same group and did a great job being buddies. The other one was at our church. I didn't get pictures of that one because I didn't have enough arms to run the camera and corral the children. It was a long day, but so much fun! In general, I'm not sure how I feel about Easter egg hunts. They seem to capitalize on competition and greed rather than the amazing grace of a God willing to send his son to die so we can go to heaven. On the other hand, they are a tremendous community outreach--and fun. At this point, I am unwilling to throw out the baby with the bath water. But I am not offended in the least that one town has taken the Easter out of the egg hunt and the bunny. Now they have a spring egg hunt and a spring bunny. The goal was to remove the religious connotations, but seriously--are there religious coontations to eggs and bunnies? Sure we (Christians) have tried to attatch meanings of re-birth and new life to these items, but I think we're only rationalizing our participation. Cadburry isn't fooled--or the people who invented Peeps--don't get me started on Peeps. All this to say, I feel I should have an oppinion on the subject, but I don't.