Exodus 12:11
11This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord.
Have you ever said to someone, “Don’t eat so quickly! Slow down. Relax!” Whenever I’ve read the story of the Passover, I’m fascinated by this description of how to eat the meal. Ready to get up at any moment, hurriedly. There’s no slowing down here, no relaxed mantra that gets uttered during this meal.
When God’s people were freed from slavery, the story goes, they left so quickly that they didn’t have time to let the bread rise. So they eat this meal hurriedly – ready to be freed, ready to leave slavery, ready. Thanks be to God!
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
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