Love Has Come

[kerravonsen]

Christ is risen!

He is risen indeed!

We had a lovely family dinner at my brother's place, and after the dinner, we did a cool thing; each person had to find something on the table that symbolized Easter for them, and explain why. Since my S-i-L had decorated the table with various interesting things, there was stuff apart from cutlery and plates to choose from. Everyone chose one, and then some people chose a few more things, getting into the spirit of things. The items chosen were:

rose petal

red for the blood of Christ, shed for us

hot cross bun

The cross on which He died for us

centrepiece of Scotch Thistles (twice)

Thorns and thistles were a symbol of the consequence of the Fall, and like thistles, sin is just as impossible to eradicate from our lives; and yet, in the ultimate irony, the king of all the world was crowned with a crown of thorns, the sinless one crowned with the symbol of sin, as he bore our sins

The centrepiece was actually three thistles on one branch, so that evoked the Trinity, the love and pain mingled on the Cross

1/3 full glass of red wine (twice)

Wine as the blood of Christ, and as alchohol cleanses, so does the blood of Christ. Also, this person didn't like alchohol, so the taste reminded them of the pain and bitterness of the Cross

The glass of wine was 1/3 full, just as this person's life was getting near its end, and yet with Christ, her cup was full, and overflowing.

bottle of wine

Easter is a family time, and the wine comes out on family occassions.

a stone

reminded of the nails that nailed Christ to the Cross

a white feather

White for purity, as Christ was pure, and made us pure through him

a raw egg, cracked into a glass of wine

Our life now is like an egg, but we join in Christ's life (just as the egg was mixed with the wine). We are like eggs now, but when Christ comes again we shall be raised to new life, like an egg becomes a chicken.

a painted egg

Our life is hid in Christ, just as an egg is a sign of potential life

Passionfruit cheesecake

The best is saved until last.

Passionfruit is named after the "passion flower", which reminds people of the Passion of Christ. (See WikiPedia on Passion Flower)

Comments

Nice to be there

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad I could be with the family gathering vicariously through your vivid description. How did you remember all the details in such profusion? Was a little notebook one of the objects on the table? David

Re: Nice to be there

[kerravonsen]

Hey, way cool! {hugs}

No, there was no notebook. Don't forget that I wrote this down only a few hours after the events in question. Heh, if I'd had a notebook I wouldn't have been able to remember everything, I would have been too busy writing.
Wish I'd been able to remember more of what Dad said about the thistles, it was very profound.
Or about what John said about the egg (talk about performance art!).