Passover

The girls and I went to an amazing messianic Passover Seder last night (Greg had Easter services rehearsal at church). A family from a lifegroup we've been visiting hosted it. They moved their living room furniture out to make room for three big tables for all the adults and kids to experience the meal together.

It was a lot of fun (including "silly Seder songs") - but what a meaningful time as well (complete with authentically spoken Hebrew and then English translation). We experienced the complete "long" version, but the kids never became bored - it was beautiful and the girls talked about it all the way home.

Emma said, "You know, Mom, how awful the maror tasted (representing slavery and sin) and then how the water and haroset (representing joy and freedom) helped but the taste was still there for a while. That's kind of like how Jesus forgives us, but we still sin and need His forgiveness until heaven." It was just cool to see them pondering all of the symbols and remembrances we experienced.

"This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD a lasting ordinance." -Exodus 12:14

"The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.' For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." -1 Corinthians 11:24-26