bumfuzzel

I just don’t get it! I don’t understand! I am confused and perplexed. I’m bumfuzzeled! I am wandering the hallways of my mind trying to find a doorway. I am searching the forest for the buried treasure hidden deep in the damp and musky ground with no map or key. I am calling out in the wilderness of my soul. Many are lost in the chaos and confusion of our world today. We have forgotten that the fear of God is the beginning of understanding.

Many Jews celebrate Passover, which is also called Pesach. This celebration is about the Biblical story of the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt. This year it starts tomorrow - Wednesday, April 5th until Thursday April 13th. Over two thousand years ago, Jesus also celebrated this time with his parents growing up.

Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he was saying to them. LUKE 2:41-52

And so now, in our world today, we have the opportunity to ponder those words and we can know why Jesus had to be in His Father’s house. We get to look back over 2,000 years, read the scriptures and contemplate what it means to have Jesus in our lives. Many did not understand then and many do not understand now, but for those of us who are believers, we do! Celebrating Passover and Easter takes on a new meaning other than egg hunts, bunnies and chocolate. Can we really fathom all that Jesus did on that cross for us? Perhaps it’s time to realize how important that is.

He is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Happy Easter!