It Would Have Been Enough

I love the Jewish feasts or holidays - especially the Passover, because of how it points to Jesus. I know, a non-Messianic Jew would look at me cross-eyed, and probably whack my head with a whole chalah bread, but the Messianic Jews know what I'm talking about.

The Passover celebration is a commemoration of the Israelites exodus from Egyptian slavery, when God through Moshe led them to the promised land. There's a moment of this celebration that I really like, because it can apply to all of us non-Jews - it's called the Dayenu, a very joyous song sung loudly, with clapping of hands and stomping of feet. Dayenu is Hebrew for "it would have been enough." Dayenu is recalling the miracles God performed for the Israelites, insisting that after each miracle, if God didn't do any more, all on its own would have been enough: If God simply took them out of Egypt and not carried out judgments against the Egyptian, dayenu!
If God carried out judgments against the Egyptian and not parted the sea, dayenu! If God parted the sea and didn't take them to the promised land, dayenu!

Thinking of my own journey, I've composed my own Dayenu. If God had only chosen to give me life of hardship in the Philippines, and didn't establish me here in America, it would have been enough. If all I was able to write and read was my my name, and not have the pleasure of reading literature and travelling, it would have been enough. If I simply had Chat, without her wit and without her wisdom and sick humor that makes me laugh out loud, it would have been more than enough.

Yes, Dayenu! Let's all start today and look at the miracles and wonders of our life: To begin, the miracle that I can write this blog and the wonder of internet that you're reading it from wherever you are.