Happy Easter!         April 12, 1998

To my Christian Friends and Subscribers:  I wish you 
a happy and healthy Easter!

For a personal Easter greeting from LadyHawke, please visit 
my Happy Easter web page. You'll be glad you did.

Happy Easter!

LadyHawke
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"An Easter Story Cookies"	

You will need the following ingredients:
1 cup whole pecans
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
A pinch salt
1 cup sugar
A zipper baggie
A wooden spoon
Tape 
Bible
Your children
 
Preheat oven to 300 F.
Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children beat them with 
the wooden spoon to break into small pieces.   Explain that 
after Jesus was arrested He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.
 
Let each child smell the vinegar.  Put 1 teaspoon of vinegar into 
mixing bowl.  Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross, 
He was given vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30.
 
Add egg whites to vinegar.  Eggs represent life.  Explain that 
Jesus gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11.
 
Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand.  Let them taste it and 
brush the rest into the bowl.   Explain that this represents the salty 
tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.
 
So far the ingredients are not very appetizing.  Add 1 cup sugar.  
Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died 
because He loves us.  He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Psalms 34:8 and John 3:16.
 
Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff 
peaks are formed.  Explain that the color white represents the 
purity in G-d's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by 
Jesus.
Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
 
Fold in broken nuts.  Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered 
cookie sheet.  Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb 
where Jesus' body was laid.
Read Matthew 27:57-60.
 
Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven 
OFF.  Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door.   
Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read Matthew 27:65-66.
 
GO TO BED!
Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven 
overnight.   Jesus' followers were in despair when the tomb was 
sealed.
Read John 16:20 and 22.
 
On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie.  
Notice the cracked surface and take a bite.  The cookies are 
hollow!  On the first Easter Jesus' followers were amazed to find 
the tomb open and empty.
Read Matthew 28:1-9.
  
HE HAS RISEN!!!!
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Thanks to my good friend DayColores for this spiritual contribution.  
If Bible references are not correct, 'haunt' her, not me.  I am no 
expert of the New Testament.