A Jewish Weekend

This past weekend I spent many hours in New Jersey with lots and lots of family to celebrate my cousin’s Bar Mitzvah. Now as I’ve mentioned before, my family is Jewish but I’m not. I mean, I consider myself Jewish by heritage but I’m definitely a Christian when it comes to beliefs and lifestyle.

It was interesting to once again see the difference between the 2 religions. Although the 3 1/2 hour no English, only Hebrew, service was a bit painful to get through…it did have its moments. It was interesting to hear the psalms that I read spoken in a “singing language.” There were a couple of times during the service that I closed my eyes and found the singing of the Hebrew words moving and beautiful. I just wish I knew what they were saying! It was also interesting to see a book the size of the bible contain only a few chapters of the bible and I never get used to the worship-like actions & attitude towards the Torah.

I have to say, I’m proud to be a Christian and follower of Jesus and sometimes don’t realize it until I’m put in a position to look at it from a different perspective. I love knowing that God DID send His son to save me. There is so much joy and freedom found in this knowledge.

And as with all parties put on by my family, the bar mitzvah party was nothing short of awesome. So congrats to my cousin Johnny…you’re now a man! haha.

Aunt Andrea, Johnny, Rebecca and Uncle Joe