Meat for the Hungry

  https://www.neatie.com/Signet-Rings- "March is often recognized as a month of extremes and a battle between two seasons: winter and spring… AccuWeather  meteorologists say." [1]   A battle between two extremes? Winter and spring, cold and heat, but is there more?   Spiritually, March has always been a battle, not only of seasons but of good versus evil. This portion of our year sees so much the enemy of our soul hates. Take the "jolly Jewish holiday of Purim…celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar (late winter/early spring).  Purim  2024 begins on  Saturday night, March 23 , and continues through  Sunday, March 24 …" [2]   Purim, meaning lots, comes from the Book of Esther . "It commemorates the (Divinely orchestrated) salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian empire from Haman's plot "to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants, and women, in a singl...

At sundown on March 20, 2019, the Jews began their celebration of Purim  and it runs through sundown on March 21, 2019. Purim is a joyous and raucous festival celebrating their victory over the wicked Amalekite, Haman, as told in the Bible’s book of Esther. During Purim, the scroll of Esther, or “Megillat Esther” is read and sometimes acted out. Gifts are given to the poor, and they munch triangular-shaped cookies called hamantaschen, named for the villainous Haman. [1] However, many do not believe Esther recounts true events and they, in essence, reduce it to fairytale status. [2] Yet, we know it’s TRUE! “Today, Purim is celebrated as a noisy and fun festival. Some view it as a kind of Jewish April Fool’s Day …” [3] As Christians who believe every word of our Bible is infallible and God-breathed, we have not so jokingly dubbed our April Fool’s Day , the Atheist’s Holiday , based on Psalm 53:1:   “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” But, ...