I recently experienced my first birthday without my mom, and in less than a week, another “first” is approaching—Easter. Nearly every Easter I can remember was spent with her. Even when I worked two states away, I made sure to be home for the holiday.
Although we didn’t always spend the entire day together, or attend the same church once I became an adult, we still carved out time together on Easter. So I have many memories that I hold close.
Recently, I saw a picture that brought back a sweet childhood memory: a tree covered in decorated eggs and ribbons. It reminded me of my mom’s Easter egg tree.
A small tree grew beside our house, and she would cover it with multicolored plastic eggs attached by fishing line. From a distance, it looked as if the eggs were floating around the tree.
My mom created this colorful Easter egg tree for her children simply because it was fun and fit the holiday. I don’t know if she realized, as I do now, the deeper significance it would hold.
Looking back, that simple tree now carries a deeper meaning for me. To me, the tree itself represents the cross, which brought salvation. In the cross, I see the connection from the Garden of Eden’s tree of the knowledge of good and evil—where sin entered the world—to the tree of the cross, where sin was defeated.
The fishing line that held the eggs to the tree reminds me of the nails that held Christ to the cross. But unlike the eggs, Christ didn’t need the nails to keep Him there—He stayed willingly, completing God’s plan of salvation.
The plastic eggs themselves represent life. God created life, and He allows life to continue through the growth of the embryonic egg. For mankind, new life is created through Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.
The cross of Christ, made from the tree, was built for our salvation.
“Who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.” – 1 Peter 2:24 (ASV)
Jesus willingly allowed Himself to be nailed to the cross as the ultimate sacrifice, bringing God’s creation back into fellowship with Him.
This gives the Easter season special significance for all who have accepted this sacrifice. Even in this first Easter without my mom, these memories—and their deeper meaning—remind me that the gift of life and salvation continues, connecting the past, the present, and the hope we have in Christ.
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