Yom Kippur

"This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work—whether native-born or an alien living among you- because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the LORD, you will be clean from all your sins. It is a sabbath of rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance..." ~ Leviticus 16:29 - 31

I know, I know. Yom Kippur was yesterday (021006) and it's officially 031006, but that's not important.

What is most important is - it's Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement.

The holiest and most important day in the Jewish Calender. Surprisingly it’s not in the revelry of Rosh Hashanah or the coming festive moods of the Feast of Tabernacles that takes the honour of being the single most important day in the Jewish Calendar. It's Yom Kippur, a time of fasting and repentance. A day when no work was permitted; a Sabbath of the sabbaths. A day when people lingered in quiet reflection of their past deeds, and how they've lived their lives that God had given to them.

Ha I guess I'm one of the few that actually bothered to "observe" this day. I did not observe it the way traditional Jews do; I simply took some time off to reflect.

What have I been doing with my life?

Gave thought about ministry, family, friends, about how I was living my Christian life. And suddenly I found myself repenting of my misdeeds.

I simply can't go on living my life in such a manner, I need a breakthrough. And I gotta stop giving all the excuses that "I'm just human" when I know I should be living in the power of the Holy Spirit.

No excuses.

"When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat's head. He shall send the goat away into the desert in the care of a man appointed for the task. The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place; and the man shall release it in the desert..." ~ Leviticus 16:20 - 22

Thank God.

And to all those reading this blog; may your name be found in the Book of Life.

L'Chaim!