Yesterday was Easter, the day that my Savior Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and I thought I would share with you all a message we read (after our lovely family dinner) out of my favorite devotional, "Inspired Evidence" by Julie Von Vett and Bruce Malore 

Basically this is what was written...


"Every detail of Scripture is recorded for a a purpose. All too often we read through many of the stories and historical accounts in the Bible without understanding the significance of the tiny details.
This is especially true when we do not understand the cultural customs of the day. One of those customs was how a guest handled his napkin during a meal. ( Yes his napkin!) 
Banquets and meals in Middle Eastern culture were an entire evening affair. While eating, guests could come and go from their places, but servants cleaning up @ the banquet would not want to clear a place if the guest were to return. Thus a commonly followed custom was to fold the napkin if you planned to return, this signaled to the servants your intention of returning. If you did not intend to return, you would leave the napkin crumpled so the servants knew they could clear your place.

(this part is so cool:) )

After Jesus' resurrection, his disciples went into the tomb where they found the flattened burial cloths which had been wrapped around his body. But the cloth "napkin" which had been wrapped around Jesus' head was found lying in a crumpled, flattened pile. It had been neatly folded and laid aside, clearly signaling the widely known custom of the day, i.e., Christ was letting us all know- his intention to return! "

John 20:6-7 (NIV) And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on his head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but neatly folded in a place by itself. 

I found this so amazing, I hope you do as well!

<3 Moriah