Feast of Purim

On tuesday night we had a feast of purim at our house.  It is a jewish holiday to celebrate God's deliverance of the jews through queen esther and mordicai from the evil haman.  It is tradition that you come dressed up as one of the characters in the story or just any biblical character.  I was soooo excited because people came to participate and almost all of them dressed up!!  i was especially proud of kevin, because he knew it was like a dream of mine to do this and he went all out with his costume and in his reading of esther.  He was a champ!!  I made hamanstachen and bought hallah bread, made broccoli and cheese soup, and we had sparkling grape juice.  It was a blast.  The kids made groggers (noice makers) and really got into the story of esther.  They cheered for esther and mordicai and booed and hissed at haman.  It was awesome.  My goal for the whole event was to educate people in the jewish traditions and to demonstrate that we can celebrate judaism bc as Christians, that is part of our history.  In addition, it is yet another sensory way to get scripture into our minds and hearts.  I hope to make this a tradition in our home!  I love having parties to celebrate what God has done!!  May he be glorified!!