Wednesday night our friends Scott & Jane organized a Christian Seder Haggadah. It took the traditional Jewish Passover meal and put it in the light of Christ’s birth, death and resurrection. The most poignant part to me was near the beginning where we dipped parsley in salt water and ate. The leader said:
Tonight, we are not simply celebrating Springtime or love. We are celebrating the freedom and wonderful deliverance that God brought to us as slaves in Egypt. But we do not forget that life in Egypt was hard and filled with pain and suffering and tears. Let us never forget that the struggle for freedom begins in suffering, and that life is sometimes immersed in tears.
As I partook of the salty tears, I was overwhelmed with the remembrance of not only my own tears, but those of dear friends. For some, their suffering has subsided and wounds have been healed. For others, their cheeks are still moist.
This is the only time, in my memory, where I had partaken in a physical remembrance of tears. I was glad to not have missed it.
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I missed doing a seder this year. Each year that I taught I did it with my students, and it was alway such a wonderful physical representation of eternal truths. So glad you were able to celebrate in this way!