Easter and Eggs

I always used to wonder how eggs got into Easter. Oh yes I know all the stories of pagan worship and whatnot. But why do we still have this ritual of hunting eggs even after Easter Sunday worship services at church? Isn't this some sort of inconsistency. What does gorging yourself on sugary candy eggs have to do with the risen Christ anyway?

But then after my children came along, I got it. Easter eggs are about the joy of discovery. You just have to love the way kids squeal with delight at discovering a brightly colored egg in the grass. When I see the joy of that moment, I am reminded of the disciples at Jesus tomb on that early Sunday morning. Easter is about finding something amazing and beautiful in the midst of the mundane. It's about finding life in a place of death, peace in a place of chaos.