Awesome Easter Sunday! We had a table full of people, great food, and a ton of warm fellowship. Alex (Marine) and Leah Panos and their daughter Zoe joined us. Rick Matheny (Sailor) just back from deployment came. And then there was Brian and Sarah and Jacob, my daughter, son-in-law and grandson.
Amy Wilson (Navy spouse) and her daughters Arwyn and Aiden came over.
Yvonne again out did herself in the kitchen! Homemade bread, roast lamb, asparagus, peas, sweet potato pancakes, regular potato pancakes, And for dessert Passover spice cake and ice cream.
Alex Panos is Greek and really put his stamp of approval on the taste of the lamb. Oh, my grandson decided to put his stamp of approval on it too.
Alex said it reminded him of the lamb his mother used to make.
Rick Matheny, just returned from a deployment to the Middle East and said the lamb tasted exactly like what he ate a week earlier when he was sitting in a restaurant in Greece!
And I'll bet if you've been reading my blog you will never guess who made the gravy! ? Right?? Yup! You guessed it...me!
So why do we eat Lamb on Easter Sunday?
Because Jesus Christ was the Lamb of God that was slain for the sins of the world. By faith we believe that Jesus died on the cross for us and shed His blood for us. He was the perfect Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the earth. Jesus is our Passover Lamb. And like the Israelites in the book of Exodus, we eat the Lamb as a symbol of what Jesus did for us. By faith in Jesus and His shed blood, we apply the blood of Christ on the doorposts and lintels of our hearts. By inviting Jesus in to our hearts and lives, turning away from our sins, and committing our lives to Him, the death angel passes over us, and we are granted eternal life. Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. And that's why we eat lamb on Easter; the day we set aside to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord!
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