Last year I wanted to create something visual for our family to mark the time between Jesus' death on Friday afternoon until his resurrection on Sunday morning. What I came up with is our disciple's candle. At the end of our devotion on Friday we dim the lights and then light a large pillar candle. This candle stays lit until Sunday morning. The candle helps us to remember two main things. One, the long wait the disciples had waiting to see if Jesus would indeed rise again and two, our own wait for Jesus' promised return. This year I wanted to have it be a bit more interactive for the girls. I fashioned a crown of thorns for them to place around the glass hurricane (which holds the candle) on Friday evening. On Sunday morning we will come down, blow out the candle and read our Easter morning devotion. Then the girls will get to decorate the crown of thorns with flowers and we will tie a purple ribbon around the hurricane. This will serve as our Easter dinner centerpiece. I hope it will allow us an opportunity to share the Easter story with our dinner guests.
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I tried posting a short article on
one of my blogs that makes an
attempt at showing everyone
why Good Friday is Good!!!
My poor attempt was to demonstrate
in a way - with few if any church
words - what Our Creator was/is
up to with all of us beings that
He created. I strived to be theologically
correct but to speak in the same terms
as the song many learned: Jesus
loves me this I know....
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great idea wendy. question...after my nearmiss of almost burning the house down when i left the candle on overnight do you have any suggestions on candles to get that will last that long?
Wow...what a great idea.
Although my husband is Mr. Safety and would never go for leaving it burning during the night...but I love the idea of blowing it out on Easter morning, having devotions and adorning the crown of thorns.
Your blog is a sweet blessing whenever I get a chance to drop by.
Thanks,
Helen
Manya- thank you for the fire hazard comment - I meant to say that we blow out the candle after the kids are in bed and light it again before they wake up! Thanks!
Wow. great idea!
as usual, you are amazing
in the jewish faith we light a candle in honor of family that has passed and it is intended to be left lit for 24 hours. it's a yartzeit candle. if you are looking for something to be left lit this might be a safe way to do it, since this was designed to be left lit whereas most candles shoudl be blown out after only a few hours use. now they are not the most glamous candles but i'm sure you could dress them up appropriately.
I love this idea I am going have to try to make something similar. Thanks
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