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Easter allows us to breathe in the Risen Jesus and love like him, bringing life, love, and goodness to those who are sad.
- 00:00 🐰 Big Al dreams of going to the beach for spring break, but he needs to be careful at the ocean.
- 00:55 🐢 Big Al dreams of scuba diving and running out of air in his tank while exploring the ocean.
- 01:34 🐰 Life can feel like being underwater, but because of Easter, we can breathe in the Risen Jesus and love like him, bringing life, love, and goodness to those who are sad.
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OBJECTS: Fresh tulips or daffodils, if available. Dried tulip or daffodil bulbs.
How lovely, this time of year, to see spring flowers blooming. Tulips and daffodils make a colorful bouquet for all of us to enjoy. The flowers look so fresh and beautiful.
Now let’s look at something quite different. (Display or pass around the bulbs.) Notice how dry and knobby the bulbs feel. See how brown and wrinkled they appear. Can you imagine that these bright red, purple, pink, and yellow flowers grew from such a lifeless looking bulb?
That’s exactly what happened. Tulip and daffodil bulbs are planted during the autumn months. Throughout the winter the bulbs stay in the soil and you may think nothing is going to happen until one day, when the season has more sunlight hours and the ground has had a chance to warm up, you see a tiny sprout of green peeping through the soil.
Then, before long, the bulb grows a firm stalk, a bud forms, and at last a beautiful flower opens up. What an exciting, hopeful event!
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A surprise is when something happens that you don’t expect. Some surprises can be scary. Suppose you are blowing up a balloon and it suddenly pops. You don’t expect that to happen and when it does the loud noise may frighten you. That’s a scary surprise. The same thing can happen if your brother, sister, or a friend hops out from behind a door and says, “Boo!” You may scream and jump back.
Then there are happy surprises. We like those the best. Perhaps friends you haven’t seen for a long time come to visit, your family plans a surprise birthday party for you, or a new puppy arrives at your house. You may have received 100 percent on a test at school when you didn’t expect it, won a contest, or found a new friend. These are all pleasant surprises. Have any of you had happy surprises happen? (Ask this question, time permitting.)
Probably the biggest surprise in all of history occurred to Mary Magdalene. She is a woman who knew Jesus and she was very sad when he died. Here is what the Bible tells us about her story: “… Mary was standing outside at the tomb (of Jesus) weeping” (20:11).
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