Numbers 9

In Numbers 9 the Lord tells Moses that the people are to observe the celebration of the Passover. In verse 14 God said "A foreigner among you is also to celebrate the Lord's Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born."

As Christians we no longer celebrate the Passover, but we do celebrate Christmas and Easter. All of America celebrates Christmas and Easter... at least every one used to.

Kids still get the day of school and most businesses are closed but people complained about it being called Christmas or Easter break, so now it is known as winter vacation or spring break or some variation of those words. (I never heard a kid complain about having time off of school though)

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Some would say it's bad and argue that we should never shorten Christmas to X-mas. Some would say it is good because the church and state should be separated and since schools are institutions of the state they should remain religiously neutral.

Either way, God doesn't care what the break is called. God cares about how we spend the break. God desires all people to worship because of the profound meaning of the holidays.

God coming to earth in human form as a baby and God choosing to die on a cross and being raised from death is a big deal.

God wants it to be a big deal for all Americans, and all the world. It's the church's mission to make that happen.

Arguing about what to call the break isn't going to help.

Telling people why we take the break will.

(Random thought of the day: If Moses looked anything like Charlton Heston, then he really could have been Santa's skinny brother)