April 10, 2006

  • B"H


    One thing after the next.


    Yesterday it was discovered that our daughter has head lice. What a special treat for her and her parents! I guess I should remember the old saying, "No matter how bad things get, take heart. They could always be worse."


    I think I'm back from the valley I fell into last week. I haven't been doing much writing and yet the season is ripe for all sorts of theological reflections. I also still have to post my responses to John's questions. This week I am only working 3 days as Wednesday is the start of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. I had hoped to send out New Year's cards this past weekend, but I can't find them and I didn't want to buy new ones when I have several unopened boxes from previous years.


    Here's a preview of a teaching soon to come.


    PASSOVER - The Season of Our Freedom



    1. The Three Pilgrimage Festivals (see Leviticus 23)

    2. Passover - Redemption

    3. Shavuot (Pentecost) - Sanctification & Empowerment for Service

    4. Sukkot (Tabernacles) - Consumation/Glorification

    5. Salvation in three tenses - Past, Present and Future.

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    Here's a slight parody of a song that was stuck in my head all weekend. It sums up my depression and possibly explains why I didn't follow through with my promised posts.



    Missing Him (based on the song Alone Again by Gilbert OSullivan)


    Joe Boxer is my son,


    The one and only one.


    I remember times when we sat and played


    Just to waste the time away.


    There was ping pong and there was chess.


    But I didn't always do my best,


    Although I tried to provide 


    What I thought he'd need I fear I didn't quite succeed.


    Last Monday when he left,


    My heart was truly broken,


    As we stood for a while on the sidewalk there few words


    were only spoken.


    So when he moved away, I cried and cried all day,


    I'm missing him - terribly.


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    Not a very good parody IMO, but it captured my feelings pretty well. Thanks to all of you who prayed and shared expressions of kindness and support. I really appreciate it.


    Shlomo


     

Comments (4)

  • You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to learning about these feasts.

  • B"H

    Hi Michael,

    Is that right? I hope you won't be disappointed.

    Shlomo

  • I'm glad that you are feeling better.  Beth and I went to a Messianic Passover Seder meal this Sunday - it wasn't quite perfect, of course, but they worked hard at it!

    A truly Jewish Passover meal would be wonderful to participate in.

    John

  • B"H

    Hey John,

    That sounds interesting. Would you mind saying why you felt it wasn't perfect. The only problem I would have off the bat is, Passover doesn't actually start until sundown Wednesday. A lot of Churches invite Jewish believers to come and give them a demonstration Passover seder. The purpose behind such an event is mostly teaching or instruction. I think that's fine, but there is a vast difference between the motive of observing Passover and giving a demonstration of it. It's sort of like, shall we take dance lessons or shall we dance? The mechanics are the same, but the mood, and thus the effect, are quite different. So, it's one thing to eat matzah and parsley tonight and tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt, but it's another thing altogether to search the house for all leavened products and eat matzah for eight days.

    Blessings,

    Shlomo

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