Out in the middle of the woods today, we spread a picnic blanket on the ground.

As we ate snacks, we remembered what Jesus did before He was arrested. We looked around at the trees and imagined what the Garden of Gathsemene would have been like as Jesus spent His last moments pouring His heart out to His Father.

So, we also bowed our heads, and Jackson led us in prayer thanking God for Jesus dying on the cross.

Tonight, for the first time as a family, we celebrated Passover at our church’s Seder supper. What an amazing experience!

Besides spilling three of the four cups of grape juice on the white table cloth, Jackson discovered that matzah is “pretty good.” He also enjoyed helping the other children find pieces of leavened bread in the fellowship hall to throw away.

What resonated with me most was that Jesus is the fulfillment of every element of each Passover tradition. Just as God delivered the Israelites from captivity in Egypt, Jesus severed the chains of sin wrapped around us through the victory He would complete on the cross the day after He shared this last meal with His disciples.

Lauren miraculously managed to stay in her seat the entire time and not make too much noise, thanks to huge quantities of goldfish crackers and Teddy Grahams, as well as Seder coloring sheers.