Girls day in Japan

March 3rd is celebrated as "girls day" in Japan. This is a day that is dedicated to all of the young girls. They celebrate it by giving them gifts, and food. One popular food is a type of sushi rice. I forgot the correct name, but it is soooooo goooooood! They are also given a type of rice cracker, which is also tasty. So we celebrate girls day in Japan, but us guys get to eat all the good food.
Debe Pallman told me an interesting thing that girls used to do on this special day. They would make paper dolls and send them down a stream, signifying a type of cleansing of impurity, or of their wrong doing, sin. In Okinawa, the girls would go down to the beach and dip in the ocean celebrating the same thing. It is quite amazing as I was thinking about this custom. The water represents a cleansing. The Bible tells us that we are "washed by the water of the Word". It is through Jesus Christ we can be cleanesd. As believers we can share this hope of "cleansing" to a people who need to know about our Savior, Jesus Christ.