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Family traditions are a very important part of our family life. My Mom was so great bringing traditions into our home, none of them God centered but still they are parts of my childhood, I will never forget. Now with my own family, Eric and I wanted to bring tradition into our family as a way to teach our children the wonders our of God, so that when they are old they will not forget .
“6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”
Last night, we celebrated our yearly Messianic passover . We started this years ago when Hunter, was only 4 years old. He had excepted the Lord a bit earlier that year and had been asking about taking communion. Not wanting it to be just a thing he did because that is what his parents did. We really wanted him to know what communion was all about.
Jews for Jesus had come to our church earlier that year, and shared a bit about the passover and how it related to Christ and was the last meal the Jesus. There were so many things that I did not know about the Passover and felt as though I had taken communion not really knowing what it was all about. Eric and I were convinced, this was the way to give our son the opportunity to share in Communion for the first time.
I searched online and found a Messianic Haggadah (you can also purchase the book there). I also went and bought a special pewter cup for his first communion. On the Thursday before Easter we celebrated our first Messianic Seder. What an amazing time it was to see Christ throughout!
That one time marked a special time for each of us and we decided to do it every year. Since that first time, three of our children have been able to partake using the special cup for their first communion. On years when we are not celebrating a first communion, it is used as Elijah’s cup, and some day if the Lord wills, our children will once again use it as they celebrate their first communion with their spouse. Truly this is a tradition Jesus called his people to on the eve before his death. How great a tradition that has continued and is practiced thousands of years later. God still speaks to the Jewish nation of His son as they practice the passover every year. What a great God we serve!
I encourage to create sweet memories with your family that show God’s grace and goodness and tell of his wonders.
Noelle Piper has written a wonderful book called Treasuring God in our Traditions. She puts the need and value of traditions, much better than I ever could 
In His Grace,
Laura
