Studying God's Word is continually changing my life, as He is showing me what His way looks like through that Word. What a blessing it is to be taught by the Lord of Heaven! I feel excited when I study the Scriptures and gain new insight. It has been a joy to learn about Adonai's Holy Days and then celebrate them in my home with my family. To see the promises tucked away in Passover and understand the completion brought through Messiah has impacted my entire view toward this celebration.
My family decided not to celebrate Easter any longer about two years ago. After careful study, much prayer, and some historical research, it seemed that God's best for our lives was to abandon a day that had not a few pagan practices embedded in it in exchange for the Biblically sanctioned Passover. Passover is the way God chose for men to celebrate and remember what he has accomplished on our behalf. Praise God! Because I am so excited, I naturally want to share all that I have been learning. But when we make changes in our lives in order to walk more closely in our relationship with our Lord, it impacts our relationships with others. This can create difficulties. Friends or family members sometimes feel that you are throwing aside traditions which they hold dear. They may feel that you are rejecting beliefs they hold, and therefore may feel attacked when you explain why you hold a different view. They sometimes even think that you are rejecting the celebration of the Messiah's resurrection, which is not the case at all. It is precisely my desire to celebrate the sacrifice and resurrection of my Savior that compels me to worship God in the way He set forth. Honoring God is the focus in celebrating. May God strengthen us all in faith and love, and may he grant us gentleness toward one another as we give an account of our faith.
Blessed are you, O Lord, our God, King of the universe, who directs our footsteps and grants peace.
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