Maplewood Cottage Home-Lessons
• Sep. 5, 2007 - Rosh Hashana
I am so pleased to be planning a time to recognize the feast Rosh Hashana.Ideas for celebration
One thing we have done so far is plant two apple trees in our back yard. In the future we can dip our own apples in honey LOL How neat!
It is so amazing the rich spiritual significance that the feasts have. They actually point to the Lord Jesus Christ and in fact help us appreciate Him and his people more! Click here to learn more biblical holidays
There are no other holidays that point directly to Christ with such intensity. If they did at one time in history they no longer hold that significance.The hedonistic society we live in has eroded it's value!
Even when celebrating Christmas for instance, as a believer... I never felt there was such deep meaning in the celebrations.
I did however have a lot of moments of deeper reflection around Easter/ resurrection sunday but I think what strikes me the most about the traditions of the jews is they make lots of time for prayer and reflection... I don't think most christians appreciate the importance of carving out time for a simple day much less a simple week of reflection.
This sort of lifestyle is counter culture so it isn't something you can just DO because you want to but I do think if the Lord wills it, adjustments can be made over time. We are taking babysteps right now.
I think even if we become fairly involved in a local church we will be molding our lifestyle more to the hebrew model.
I especially plan to develop the attitude about children that they do. That by 12/13 they will be given adult responsibilities. So this means I have to be determined to work with them now to develop that ability.
I read that in jewish society there is very little teenage type problems because the kids KNOW what is expected of them and they feel more secure in the process of being a responsible person. Therefore they have little baggage from rebellion to take on into their 20's. They can just start out more well rounded happy and healthy. Makes a lot of sense to me. Too many parents set their kids up for failure in young adult stage because that is the expected outcome. So defeatist!
We LOVE reading and watching films on the jews be it people in biblical times like Abraham and Jacob and Tim's fav MOSES or people of the holocaust. Tim especially seems to understand that God's word introduces us to types of Christ. Luke and Timmy have a lot of compassion for the people of the holocaust and those who hid them.
Btw I was reading recently about a pastor and his wife that preached the gospel in Romania after the war, that were thrown into the communist camps. for 14 years. This is a part of history I hadn't really taken in before.
I enjoy learning and thinking on this. I am sure to write more in the future about what we do and learn. |
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• Sep. 8, 2007 - Untitled Comment
I wanted to ask you if you have ever heard of Craig Hill? We were recently loaned a few books by him that are great. His one book is called "Ancient Paths" is wonderful. He talks about blessings and curses and how to overcome the curses that our parents have passed on and how to prevent that from happening (even through the way we handle our children in how we respond to our own disappointment). I think you would like the book. He talks about the Jewish customs and encourages having a Christian Bar Mitzvah for our youth in his other book.
God bless you sister!