I've talked about biblical festivals before .  And here I am bringing them up again.  ;) Tonight we observe and celebrate Passover.  The short story is that this observance, commanded by God , is to remember the deliverance from slavery/bondage.  He delivered the Israelites from their slavery to Egypt and he has delivered us from our slavery to the flesh.  I'm grateful for the command to observe, celebrate, and reflect on Passover and how I have seen God pass over me with his grace, love, and mercy.  How he has passed over my sin and forgiven my transgressions. It's an important time to me as I want to dwell on the greatness of God in my life.

Today my home church community will be celebrating/observing  Yom Teruah  (that link will give you a little background on this holiday) and throughout this month we are actually in celebration mode for the majority of it.  After Yom Teruah comes Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and then we enter into Sukkot - otherwise known as The Feast of the Tabernacles (sidenote: it is widely believed that Jesus was actually born during the Feast of the Tabernacles, i.e. "the indwelling").  It's a lot of celebration with repentance and atonement mixed in for good measure. I can HEAR you scratching your head in confusion and going, "WHAT?" Yes, I believe in Jesus as the Messiah.  No I am not, nor is anyone in my home church, a Jewish convert. Yes, I am a Torah observant Christian.  No, I am not going to hell.  :) In the past few years I've been studying God's word in deeper and more intentional ways.  As I have he has challenged me on how I express my fa...