SIGN OF THE COVENANT
As one starts studying their family roots, you begin to learn how others have worshipped and have celebrated holidays too.
We have lots of Puritan stock in us, and it appears that the Puritans modeled their feasts days after the sacred feasts in the Old Testament including Passover, Firstfruits, Tabernacles, and so forth. These were Holy Days, the very reverse in most instances of our modern holidays. They were days of prayer, Sabbath worship, fasting, giving of alms, and thanks to God.
GATHER WITH THE FAMILY
This week I was drawn to the story of Moses and the plague as currently, we have much fear in our country with a virus. As the entire world is in fear, and masking up I was, however, reminded that during the plagues of Moses’s time God did not tell his people to separate, but gather with their covenant family and friends and that the plague would not harm their households. This message is the opposite of what we are hearing now even in our church we are being forbidden to gather.
Today I put up our “blood”(scarf) above the door a bit early before Passover to remind our home of the covenant we have made as Israel, and that it is He who we follow, and He who will save us!
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Julie Smith is the Education Director for the Joseph Smith Foundation. She is the former owner of the Glenn J. Kimber Academy in Lehi, Utah. Julie served as a regional trainer—establishing 18 schools in Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. She is a certified teacher for The Thomas Jefferson Center for Constitutional Restoration (TJC) and taught the Making of America seminars written by W. Cleon Skousen and Glenn J. Kimber. Some of her children also traveled across the nation, assisting in teaching during these seminars. Julie taught history and Book of Mormon classes for 10 years. Julie is the mother of 5 children and grandmother to 7. She homeschooled for over 27 years, working through family challenges including pornography addiction, testimony faith crises, and teenage rebellion. She writes and teaches on strengthening the family, working with troubled youth, practically applying the teachings of scripture and the Prophet Joseph Smith, and celebrating higher standards. In her spare time, Julie also enjoys gardening, managing her .5-acre homestead, and hosting Sunday dinners with her family! Her home is a revolving door of guests and friends as her family hosts cultural celebrations and teaching events.
