Roots of Faith

On Saturday, October 7th, I ran into a good friend of mine, which I had not seen in quite some time. We spoke briefly and I informed him of the weekly Bible study in the synagogue and gave him a card with all of my contact information.

The next night, he called me and asked me what the Jewish people were doing during this season. I told him that this was the Festival of Tabernacles or Succoth. He went on to tell me that a friend of the family was visiting from Italy and that she also studied the Jewish Roots of Christianity. He asked me if I would be willing to meet with them and we set up a time. We agreed to meet in the synagogue on Friday, October 13th. So I brought my sons, Seth and Toby, and my oldest son Ty and his wife met me at the synagogue that evening. In short order, my friend Mike, his wife Carolyn and her sister Marge brought Antonella to the synagogue.

We had a delightful discussion about our common interests and Antonella gave me a beautiful picture she had taken in the Old Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. We took a couple of pictures in front of the synagogue and she promised to email some information about the synagogue that she attends in Italy when she gets back home.

It was very nice to meet someone else that loves the Jewish people and that has begun to recover the Hebraic Heritage of “the faith once for all delivered to the saints.”

It is meetings like these that confirm that the good hand of God is at work in our daily walk.

I hope to stay in touch with Antonella and perhaps she will write us from time to time.