This year our family celebrated one of the Lord's Feasts, The Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot! It's a time to remember how faithful our God is...that He is our provider and to remember when the Israelites were freed from slavery from the Egyptians...and how God "tabernacled" or "dwelt with" his people during the 40 years in the desert. We also remember Jesus Christ's birthday, as it is thought to be the more accurate time-frame, that during this time He was born in Jerusalem...again we remember God coming to "dwell" with his people! A time of JOY and thanksgiving!
We made a "Sukkah" on our front porch to resemble how the Israelites tabernacled with God for 40 years in the wilderness. It was a time of great challenge...but God was their provider! Their shoes never fell apart nor their clothes, and he provided their food from heaven, manna! The tradition is to build a Sukkah to remember the times when our ancestors "roughed it" in the wilderness...but yet we exalt God because he remained faithful to provide for their every need! Well... I decided to go on a palm branch hunt in our empty lot behind our house. I was determined...but it had gotten dark, so Patrick decided to take the truck and shine the headlights in order to find some palm fronds. Well....because of my stubbornness...the truck got stuck. I mean...really bad! We had a dear friend come help us pull it out! Of course the Moran's always have to have a funny story to go along with their "firsts" in life! So there it is!!!
Here's a link in case you want to look up more info on Sukkot - The Feast of Tabernacles.http://www.messianic.ws/sukkot.htm
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