The Resurrection Of Jesus Gives True Peace To Parents And Children

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, 

and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. 

They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.

Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. 

Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, there they will see me.”

Matthew 28: 8-10

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. 

I do not give to you as the world gives. 

Do not let your hearts be troubled 

and do not be afraid. 

John 14:27

I try to imagine the joy when the women and the disciples saw Jesus risen from the grave. They had just watched him die on the cross, then three days later, he was right in front of them!

Because Jesus died for the world and then conquered death, their joy is our joy also…and our children’s!

Even small children know the darkness of anxiety and fear. They have bad dreams. They notice that the world doesn’t revolve around them, even though they think it should. They see anger, fear, sadness, and pain in others. Bullying, illness, and wanting to be accepted by others are common afflictions children face. Take time to ask your children what they are afraid of, and then ask them what it means to them that Jesus died and rose for them.

God wants us to teach our children the reality of Jesus who died and rose for us. Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20-21 record the resurrection of Jesus. Easter is a great time to read one of those accounts with your family and just imagine what it was like that first Easter day.

What the resurrection of Jesus means for children is that they are fiercely and divinely loved by Jesus who is bigger than death itself. The King of kings who conquered death and is in authority over everything is with them now and forever. Nothing can separate them from his love.