Special New Year's Eve Celebration

My first New Year's Eve out with my adult children was very memorial.  Year after year we have New Year's eve at my house and the whole family comes over we eat party food, the kids dance in the garage and we have a good time at home.  Occasionally one or more of the adults go out and Nana and Papa watch the kids. 

This year was different, my daughters got sitters and we had an adult time out.  It would have been great if my son could have made it down but  he couldn't make it. We went to PF Changs,   a great Chinese restaurant and then later went out for dessert at Avanti's.  A quiet elegant  little Italian restaurant. The restaurant was decorated in Italian Mediterranean influence.   There was nice jazz music playing too.  It was a nice change to get out with the adults, something we need to do more often. 

Eskimo Joe's 35th Anniversary!

 So on July 4th we took some out of town guests to Eskimo Joe's Resturant.  The world famous college resturant and bar.  This happened to be Eskimo Joe's 35th annviersary  month of being in business.  It also was our 35th anniversary.  So while at the resturant my husband met the owner Stan Clark and told him it was our anniversary.  Stan sent over to our table his world famious chili cheese fries. 

Later after lunch Stan had his grandchildren deliver to us 35th anniversary t-shirts.  It was an awesome surprise.  Eskimo Jose's is second in most popluar resturants next to Hard Rock Cafe which is number one.  Stan Clark own's 3 Joe's resturants in Stillwater, Eskimo Joe's, Mexico Joe's and Joseppi's resturant.  People from all over the world come to Joe's.  President Bush endorced the resturant too.  Joe's has famous Joe's shirts which can be seen everywhere around the world.  These t'shirts make great conversation pieces and brings people together just remembering the fun they had at college.  My daughter met someone in Germany and was able to connect to other American just by spotting the common Eskimo Joe's shirt.  Amazing connections.

I've never met a business owner so genious in their giving to other people just for celebrating their anniversary.  This was very impressive to me.

 

Eskimo Joes.com

Should Christians Celebrate Passover?

Whether or not a Christian celebrates Passover would be a matter of conscience for the individual Christian. Like all the Old Testament Jewish Feasts, the Passover Feast was a foreshadowing of Christ’s atoning work on the cross. Colossians 2:16-17 tells us that we should “let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ” (NKJV). Christians are no longer bound to observe the Passover feast the way the Old Testament Jews were, but they should not look down upon another believer who does or does not observe the Passover or other special Jewish days and feasts (Romans 14:5).

While it is not required for Christians to celebrate the Passover, it is beneficial to study it and could be beneficial to celebrate it if it leads to a greater understanding and appreciation for Christ’s death and resurrection. The Passover is a wonderful picture of Christ’s atonement for His people and His deliverance of us from the bondage of sin. That is something we should celebrate every day of our lives.

Adapted from gotquestions.org

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