4 April 10

It's Easter! Butterflies are used as an Easter symbol because the metamorphosis from caterpillar to adult butterfly is so astounding. My own awareness of how incredible (in the true sense of "completely unbelievable") the original Easter experience must have been for the disciples grows every year. Some of the stories say that they did not remember Jesus' words that he would rise again, but I think their memories of the events leading up to his crucifixion, death and burial were too fresh and vibrant to let them recall any "hopeful" statements. [The religious leaders got Pilate to post guards at the tomb, because they told themselves that the disciples were likely to try to create a fraud. They "remembered" Jesus' words better than the disciples did!]