December is for love...

to feel love, to give love, lay in love, smile in love, reflect on love, protect love, rejoice in love, celebrate love, glow in love, grow in love, laugh in love, move in love, rest in love, receive love, practice love, Love Love.

December is a time to celebrate...

Tomorrow is my love's birthday.

He likes chocolate.

He will get chocolate.

:0)

I am have something planned for him.

It makes me smile.

He makes me smile.

He is amazing.

He continues to amaze me.

I am so blessed to be his love.

We are so blessed to have each other.

 I am so thankful.

December is a time to celebrate.

I like December. ~

December

December arrives rather quickly and rest is on her wings.

She takes what has always been and transforms it before our eyes.

She delights our senses with sudden bursts of joy in the least expected places!

And she leaves us wanting more... and we inhale her beauty and tuck it deep inside.

I love December. 

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.

There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."  Psalm 19:1-4~

JUST A GLIMPSE OF HIS GLORY!!!!!

It doesn't get much better than this... the Kingdom of God in action! PRAISE HIM!!!! I stand with lifted hands and PRAISE HIM in the highest voice I have available!!!!

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Done...?

I may be done.  With blogging.  I am considering December being my last month to blog.  It's hard when I look at what has happened since 2006 since I started this thing.  Just seeing pictures of Abby then can just make me cry.  But I have some mixed emotions.  I don't know.  But I am considering.

I'll have the week off next week as we travel and enjoy family and friends.  I wish you all the most wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving holiday.  May it be the start to Thanksliving forever!!!

Much love...

Never, ever stop asking...

We can have such little patience with our God who bathes us in His grace and abundant patience each and every moment of our life.  What would our life look like if God had patience with us at the same level as we have with Him?  Wow.  What about the patience we offer to others?  Wow.  Hopefully that causes you to stop and take a little inventory of yourself as it does with me.  Patience has never been one of my greatest fruits.  Are there things in our spiritual lives we have stopped seeking because they didn't arrive on our time table?  Are there prayers we have stopped praying because we didn't get the answer we wanted when we wanted it?  Are there people we have given up on because they have not become who we wanted them to become when we wanted them to?  Have we stopped seeking because we actually may think we have it all or because more is not that important?  Or because we didn't find what we were looking for fast enough? 

This scripture in Matthew seems pretty clear... almost too clear.  And yet, we can run right past it... or even say it doesn't mean what it really says.  But it says, "seek and you will find"... not seek and you might find... not seek for as long as you want and you might find... but seek and you will find... knock and the door will be opened to you.  The trick is believing and faith and endurance.  Knock.  How many times?  Until the door is opened.  Because the LORD says it will be opened.  Believe that and KEEP knocking until it is opened... because it will open!!  And how long do we seek... until we find because if we believe we will find... we will seek until we do!

Lies and distractions keep us from the promises of the LORD.  I am so very thankful for His promises and His word that breathe life into me and give me the strength I need to walk this journey.  I am so very thankful for the Holy Spirit who opens our eyes and ears and unveils God's word to penetrate deep down and TRANSFORM us.  Transformation is one of the most beautiful parts of being a Christian... and the most painful.  Dying to ourselves each and every day and looking exposed sin in the face and rebuking it, repenting of it, and leaving it, fresh and radiant is His light and grace, is one of the most beautiful privileges of being His child. 

Whatever you are seeking in the LORD... KEEP SEEKING... UNTIL you FIND!

And whatever door you are knocking on before the LORD... KEEP KNOCKING UNTIL is OPENS...

Because His word is TRUTH!

BELIEVE. 

Fall is well underway!  Leaves are falling in rapid fashion and many trees are already bare... standing and soaking up the sun... getting ready for their winter rest.

The colors of fall just make me happy inside.  Such vibrant colors have commanded my attention on numerous occasions this fall.  Sadly... I busticated my camera coming back from FL and now it's off in a Nikon factory somewhere... all alone.  And I am missing great opportunity for pictures.  Boo Whooo. :0(

But I did manage to snap these at a Punko Patch with Abby's class on her fall trip a couple weeks ago.

I think she and I both could have just stayed in that tiny little petting zoo all day with the sheep and the bunnies.  The poor sheep did not seem to be all that happy about all the little paws pawing them.

This was the friendliest one there and she just sat there the whole time... poor dear.  The others all huddled up under the bunny cages and acted like there was a pack of wolves in house!  I felt so bad for them.

Here is Abby's teacher!  Isn't she just the cutest thing ever!  I simply adore her and her love for the Lord and for her class!  She is amazing and such an answer to prayer.  Hugs to you little Miss Thing! :0)

I am overflowing with thankfulness today.  I am so excited to be in VA next week for my favorite holiday... Thanksgiving.  The entire thought of it leaves me all warm and fuzzy inside!  I am already planning for the car activites!  And we are stopping in Fredericksburg on the way to see some great friends from our past and share dinner and breakfast with them!  What a bonus!

I will have to take my little tiny snap and shoot camera. :0(  But some pictures will be better than no pictures.  And when I am there... I may sneak some shots with my mom's mac daddy try to make me jealous and sin camera!  She just got it a couple months ago and I may need to try it out! :0)

10 Thankfuls for Today!

1. Thankful that Abby has gone two mornings without a seizure! Praise the LORD!

2. Thankful for the ability to spend my favorite holiday with family I love so so much!

3. Thankful for AMAZING and POWERFUL prayer, healing, and encouragement Saturday night at our night of fellowship!!!!

4. Thankful that the LORD doesn't leave us alone... He calls us closer and closer and reveals the things that keep us from Him, sin, so we can repent and be free of them!

5. Thankful for amazing friends who are coming tonight to pray over our home!

6. Thankful for a full pantry and fridge.  Thank you Father!

7. Thankful for my husband's job, the flexibility is gives our family, the health insurance it provides, the travel benefits, and the income!

8. Thankful for sweet friends who are real and true and loyal and constant.

9. Thankful for a warm home with yummy new paint and the fabulous shutters my man is building for us!

10. God's active, alive, audacious power and His mercy, love, grace and constant Presence!

Happy Month of Thanksgiving!!!!

Some house fun...

Here is what our house used to look like...

And here she is now!  Wooo Whooo!

Don is still making the shutters... they will finish it off but for now... we are loving her makeover!

She seriously needs a landscaping face lift... maybe in the Spring.

And I have been having some fun inside too...

I was inspired by this...

this...

and this!

And so I went from this...

Horrible mess...

(so sorry it is blurry.  The flash was killing the shot and the closet was dark enough for the shutter to be open long enough for any movement to ruin it! :0( )

to this...

and from this...

to this!

Every time I walk in the closet now, my insides smile!  No more YUCK feeling when I walk in!  It's is AMAZING what organizing a space can do for your insides! :0)

This was the best purchase I have made in a while.  I pulled down the hanging shoe bags as they took up way too much room on the small rack that can hold my dresses.  They also took up space from the rack next to it.  SO I bought this six hole cubby shelf thingie at Home Depot!  I put my sweaters in there and bought the little cubbies for my shoes!  Summer sandals and strappies went up in a brown storage box on a high shelf... then flip flops are on one cubby and casual shoes and flats in the other two.  They are OFF THE FLOOR!  And they are organized!  Now I can see them better too and change up what I am wearing and not get stuck in a rut! :0)

I also moved my bags to the bottom shelf so I could reach them better and organized my belts and scarves.  It's the small things! :0)

I can see everything so much better now!  It's already helped me be more creative with my outfits too!  You know how important that is!

Here is a glimpse of the MESS!

And now here it is.  There is still some MESS that I have to put away... somewhere...

:0)

But my closet is 1000 times better!!!!

Smiles in the storm...

It's a picture like this that helps get me through a trying time.

Here we are, in the middle of a struggle with Abbers... and yet, we can still have a beautiful day like this.

We were so blessed to go to the GA game this past Saturday and share it with some wonderful friends!

Our friends in this picture, Ann and Greg, are two of the most generous and amazing hearts I know!  Just seeing Ann's smile (and her mother's) makes me light up from the inside! :0)  And her husband is one of my mission heroes!  He has an amazing heart and he has spunk!  And of course, I love spunk when it is spunking for the kingdom!  :0)

The weather was amazing and we were GIVEN three tickets by a stranger that we then were so blessed to give to one other couple (who had never been to a game) and to another guy who needed one!  It is so fun to GIVE!!!!!

Then we found amazing tickets for less than face value.  It was a blowout game but it was still fun to be there!  I felt so badly for the other team and so I cheered for them a little and was so glad when they scored again! :0)

Abby was bored to frowns! :0(  I should have packed her some activities... lesson learned.  But Taylor got into it!

The day after this picture was taken, Abby had another hard and long seizure.  My heart sank and cried.  It is so very hard to watch her face squinch up, to see her drool, and to see her jerk and choke.  I ride such a roller coaster of emotions as I watch her in those moments.  Anger (at the enemy).  Frustration (at the situation).  Sadness (for her little body and mind).  Anxiety (at the thought we are just missing something).  Desperation (for the healing of Christ).  Determination (to not give up).  Exhaustion (that we are here again).  Sorrow (that I can't seem to help her).  Hope (that God will heal her).

And then I saw this picture again.  And saw her smile.  And I feel, deep down, she will be just fine, despite these horrible attacks.

"Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.  Then you will call the LORD will answer; you will cry for help and He will say: Here am I."  Isaiah 58:8,9~

"But now, this is what the LORD says- He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel:

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.  When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.  For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior."  Isaiah 43:1-3~

"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us- to Him be the glory in the church and in Jesus Christ throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."  Ephesians 3:20, 21~ 

Fall is a time to fight... and a time for faith.

My precious Abby is fighting again.  And so am I.

Like the arrival of fall brings falling leaves, it also seems to bring with her an increase in seizures for my little brave fighter.  Each October the trend begins.  Each summer, as she does so well, I think this year may be different.  We pray.  We praise.  We pray.  We fast.  We pray.  We praise. 

We are praying for a decrease in Abby's seizures.  We are praying for healing.  We are praying for mercy.  We are praying for power.  We are praying for grace.  We are praying for faith.

I was reading in my devotional the other night and the words hit me in the face.  It said, "Faith is not believing that God can heal.  Faith is believing God wants to and will."  I pondered that over and over.  I have said many times that I believe God can heal her but didn't know if He wanted to.  Not that He is simply overlooking her, or choosing for her to suffer, but that He might have some other plan for her... for this... for us. 

It is a hard time but as always... it pushes us closer to the Father's feet and makes us search harder and deeper for His face.

Your prayers are such a gift.  We never take one for granted.

As always, I love to ask for specific prayers.  So here is my list if you want to take a moment and pray through it!  Add any other fabulous requests you can give Him of course!!

1. For complete and total healing.

2. Protection over Abby from falls, over her body, her heart, her mind, and her abilities.

3. For her body to get what it needs nutritionally to provide for her.

4. Faith to be increased in much measure for Don and me.

5. For God to give us wisdom and strength and energy and peace.

6. For us to see God in this.

7. Silence the lies of the enemy that come hand in hand with these attacks.

8. For God to be glorified in this trial.

9. Praise the Lord for what He has already done for Abby... for how He has healed her!

10. Praise Him for what He is going to do in her life!

Thank you.  So so so much... thank you.

Oh Pinterest...

There is a little website I like to go to when I need a brain break.  I don't watch tv except for the occassional show on Netflix and so sometimes when I am fried from the parenting/cleaning/laundry routine of life... I click over to this little website called "Pinterest" and escape.  Not only do I find beautiful things to look at... I often find inspiration!

So I have decided to share some of my Pinterest finds here from time to time because they are just too good to keep to myself! :0)

Tonight's little jaunt brought me these little ideas...

Look at these totally adorable bookmarkers!  Get some free paint chips and get to work!  Instead of the metal gramits (sp?), you could also use the white sticker circle thingies you put on the holes of your notebook paper... may be easier and cheaper!  This will be a great winter project with the chillies and I have tons of rubber stamps!  This would be fun to make at a birthday party too!

Then there is this adorable gift idea!  How fun to give to new neighbors!  You could also do one with magnets to local pizza places, local "to go" menus, and other items.  For a teacher, it could have an apple, pencils, dry erase markers, sticky notes, and tape in it!  Or a smores kit for a friend!  Or make-up for a teen birthday gift!  Or full of hot wheels for a little boy!  The ideas are endless and these jars are at Wal-Mart for about $5 or World Market for $3.50!  Totally using this idea forever!

And then there are these wonderful little outfit boards!  They are some of my favorite things to find!  I can get in a clothes rut and when I do, I run down and get an idea from Pinterest!  I usually have something similar enough to pull off the look.  I have a black fitted t-shirt, an off white scarf, gray sweater, jeans and red shoes!  Don't laugh when you see me in this get up!  LOL

Then there is the whole... "WISH THIS WERE MY HOUSE" section!  Yeah.  I can dream!

And last, but so not least, are the precious pictures of God's creatures that bring me joy the moment I see them!  I mean, how can you be in a bad mood when you see this baby?  LOVE HIM!

I do have to say/warn that Pinterest does have images on there that I WISH they would not have there... or at least have in another section.  It is the one thing I HATE about the site.  But when I am logged in, they are few as they are not the items I click on or pin.  Other than that, it's my little esacpe from time to time!

http://www.pinterest.com/

Soooooooo....

So... where have I been!?  We were blessed to go to Florida for a great little get-away last week and enjoyed some amazing down time.  And so I did a horrible job, again, at blogging last week.  And I know you are all waiting with great anticipation for the next post on the Feast of Tabernacles and so here it goes!

"The feasts don't apply to us today."  "The feasts are for the Jews."  "Did you build your altar too?"

These are just a few responses I get/hear when the feasts are brought up and so before I go into more detail about the Feast of Tabernacles, I want to put some things out on the table.  First of all, the feasts are not the Jews Feasts... they are the "Lord's Feasts."  Scripture again and again refers to them as the "Lord's Feasts."  The actual wording for "feasts" is "mo'ed" and means "an appointed time" so the Lord's "mo'ed" means the Lord's appointed time.  These are days set aside BY GOD as important days with Israel.  The Children of Israel were and are God's "chosen people."  So many believers today quickly ignore anything having to do with Israel thinking it does not apply to them.

 But we have missed a VERY important fact about WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST for many, many years (and it is by no accident).  Romans 11:17 tells us that when we accepted Christ as our Savior, we were GRAFTED INTO ISRAEL.  WE BECOME PART OF ISRAEL.  WE BECOME GOD'S CHILDREN.  And this scripture is referring to Gentile believers.  What MOST Christians also have no idea about is that God scattered 10 tribes of Israel all over the world who then inter-married with Gentiles and took on Gentile traditions and beliefs.  So MANY BELIEVERS are actual descendants from these scattered 10 tribes and have no idea.  They assume they are Gentile because they are not Jewish.  The Jews are ONE TRIBE of the TWELVE TRIBES of ISRAEL.  THIS very fact and knowledge is part of what has changed my life.  All of the sudden, I really began to care about what God had said to Israel and what He had promised them!  Ephesians 2 also shows us that at one time we were "excluded from citizenship with Israel" but now we are "FELLOW CITIZENS" with them! Ephesians 2:12-22.

Now, Christ came and changed everything.  We are no longer under the penalty of the law. The penalty of the law was death, separation from God.  But now, through Christ, HE TOOK our sin and the penalty of our sins onto HIMSELF and satisfied God's HOLY need for justice.  CHRIST fulfilled the law... but he did not destroy it.  He Himself says this with His own mouth...

"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.  I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.  For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law until all is fulfilled.  Whoever therefore breaks one of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-19~

And the key is "until ALL is fulfilled."  Because "ALL" has not been fulfilled.  And the Feast of Tabernacles has not been fulfilled yet.  And in the book of Zechariah 14:16 (prophetic book of Old Testament) we are told that when Christ returns, we'll be joining Him in the Feast of Tabernacles during the Millennium!

We are called to obey God's commandments.

"So he said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.  But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments. Matthew 19:17~ 

Then He goes on in verse 18 to list of 6 of the 10 commandments.  Then in Matthew 22, the Pharisees ask Jesus which is the great commandment of the law.  He answers with this,

 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the Law and Prophets."  Matthew 22: 37-40~   

What was Jesus saying?  He was quoting scripture.  The only scripture they had was Torah, part of what we consider the Old Testament.

"Hear, O Israel:  The LORD our God, the LORD is one!  You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength."  Deuteronomy 6:4,5~



"You shall not take vengeance , nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD."  Leviticus 19:18~

OK.  I could go on and on here... and maybe I will go into all that further.  But hopefully you can see that the Old Testament (named that by man) should not be thrown out with the bath water or used as a great story reference.  It is FULL of wisdom, promises, commandments, prophesy, and JESUS!  Yes.  JESUS is ALL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT!  Psalm 22 is about Jesus' death!  Passover is about Christ being our Passover lamb!  Jesus is in the book of Isaiah.  The Lord appearing to Moses on Mt. Sinai. is the first Pentecost and a mirror of the Pentecost in Acts!  It is ALL TIED TOGETHER.

So WHO MADE IT SO SEPARATE?

Constantine.

THAT is a whole other post and I WILL post about that soon!

So... on to Feast of Trumpets.  God created the "appointed times" on the Biblical calendar.  MANY of us have no idea about the Biblical calendar because it was replaced with the Roman calendar... again... a great crime against God's word out of Rome... go figure!  Anyway... trying to stay focused!  GOD'S calendar is where you find His appointed times to meet with His people.  It is laid out in scripture, in the Old Testament.  And we have already established that we are His people... whether a descendant of the scattered tribes, Jew, or Gentile who has been grafted in after accepting Christ.  Don't you think it might be nice to know about God's calendar?  Do you think there might be blessings in meeting with God on HIS appointed days?  Of course there is!  And that is part of the VERY reason Satan has used Rome to HIDE so much of our TRUE CHRISTIAN ROOTS!  He comes to STEAL and DESTROY! 

The Feast of Trumpets is the first in a string that have not been fulfilled yet!  THAT got my attention even more!  The Feast of Trumpets is also known as Rosh Hashanah.  God gave one commandment for this feast, to listen to a blast of trumpets (the shofar).  It is a wake up call.  It is an attention getter.  It sets the stage for the next appointed times... The Days of Awe, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles.  These are the fall feasts and are all linked together.

The ten days following the feast of trumpets are called the Days of Awe.  It is a time to repent and return.  I feel strongly we are in the "Days of Awe" right now as God is calling, gathering, and purifying His Bride.  It is a time to cleanse oneself from idols, sin, and impurity to seek God with ALL your heart and prepare for the Holiest Day of the year, the Day of Atonement.

The Day of Atonement is the Holiest Day of the Year.  Wow.  Don't you want to know what day is the Holiest Day of the year!?  I was mad when I learned all this.  Mad that I had missed that day, over and over and over out of ignorance.  I had missed a day that GOD set aside for me over and over!  My heart was pricked.  This year, that day was October 7.  The biblical calendar is counted off according to the New Moon and that changes each year so these days are different each year!  And biblical days start at sundown... so the Day of Atonement was from sundown on the 7th to sundown on the 8th.  Biblical days start with evening instead of morning... it starts with rest... isn't that cool!  I love that part. :0)  

Jesus is our Atonement.  On this day, I want to be on my face thanking Him for being my atonement... for taking my sin and taking the penalty for it... and for giving me His robe of righteousness in return.  I am not going to sacrifice a goat, after Christ's final and perfect sacrifice, there is no need for further bloodshed.  I don't want to celebrate this day because I feel I am bound by law to do so.  I want to celebrate it because it is a HOLY DAY, THE HOLIEST DAY and I want to MEET WITH GOD on that day.  It is because of my desire to be close to Him and MEET HIM that I want to set this day aside. 

I am heartbroken to my core that this month, the month of these feasts, we scheduled ourselves to the MAX with "things".  They were GOOD things!  And they were things for others!  But I did not stop and meet with the LORD.  Although I was serving Him and trying to reflect His love... I missed this special time with Him. And I know He still loves me and I know that I am still forgiven and covered with grace.  But next year, I want to set it aside.

The day after the Day of Atonement starts the Feast of Tabernacles.  This 7 day feast celebrated the final ingathering of the Harvest.  We are the harvest.  We are the ones being gathered back to God!

It is a time to look back at how Israel wandered in the desert for forty years and dwelled in temporary shelters.  And even during this time, God dwelled among them!  It was a time to teach the children about their past generations and what God had done for them.  It was a time to remember our life here is temporary! And Jesus is the ultimate tabernacle or dwelling place of God.  And He comes to dwell inside us as believers!  He dwells inside us through the Holy Spirit!  Can you see the significance of knowing about and possibly celebrating this time each year?!  It is beautiful!

Again, this is the cliff notes version.  If you are interested in knowing more about this stuff, there are two amazing books listed below that will blow you away!  There is so much more and it all is just amazing and beautiful!  Thanks for letting me share!  :0)

Celebrating Jesus in the Biblical Feasts, Dr. Richard Booker

The Messianic Church Arising! Dr. Robert Heidler

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches.  I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Birght and Morning Star."  And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!"  And let him who thirsts come.  Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely."  Revelation 22:16-17~

  Note:  I can not stress enough that we are not learning about/observing/celebrating these appointed times to try and gain salvation or earn our way to heaven.  Salvation can't be earned!  It is a gift that is given to those who believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and as their Savior and are baptized into Him.  It is the gift of grace.  Grace in itself gives glory to the name of God!  Man can not earn anything with works. 

 We are learning about this and "celebrating" these times as we connect our Hebrew roots with our modern day Christianity.  We find it a gift, not a burden.  We find it beautiful and an incredible way to model a Deuteronomy 6 lifestyle.  We do not judge anyone who does not want to look into any of this any further.  I share it because it is beautiful and I feel God wants me to share it.  

Feast of Tabernacles

Oh how we have been robbed... we... Christians. Today starts one of the most beautiful Feasts of the LORD and we have been robbed of it for thousands of years. Today is the beginning of the Feast of Tabernacles.
It is Israel's Thanksgiving feast to acknowledge the Fall Harvest and God's provision for them. It is also a time to remember Israel's deliverance from Egypt and their wandering in the wilderness for forty years.
It is also a time to remember that our time here on this earth is temporary and that our eyes and hearts should be focused on eternal things and not the physical.

And it is a feast that has not been fulfilled yet.

Jesus Christ will fulfill this Feast during His second coming.

The date for this feast is in the bible. 

“Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God” (Lev. 23:29-43)

Jesus Christ will return to fulfill this feast, during this feast, just as He did with all the others!  Every other feast in the bible was fulfilled during that feast to the day and to every detail!  Seems like this might be a pretty important time to be aware of... hughh.?

"through embracing paganism, mankind has lost any understanding of spiritual reality," Dr. Robert D. Heidler, "The Messianic Church Arising!"

There is a huge pull happening all over the world.  Christians are being pulled back to the Old Testament.  NOT to take upon the yoke of the law.  But to learn about and better understand WHO we are as believers, Children of God, fellow heirs of the kingdom, Christians.

The past two years have been so eye opening for my family and many of our friends.  I am BLOWN AWAY at how many are hearing/feeling/receiving the same calling and what is being revealed.

For thousands of years, Jewish roots, OUR roots, God's roots, have been stripped out of churches... out of Christianity and much of the power left with it!  But it was replaced with something.  Almost ALWAYS when something is taken away it is replaced with something.  And it was replaced with popular pagan rituals that revolved around the power and traditions of the Roman Empire.  And it was not an accident.  Satan knew exactly what he was doing just as he did in the garden of Eden with Eve.  He is no fool.  The word of God says he is a thief.  He is the master and author of lies.  And one of his greatest attacks on the "church" was through the Roman Emperor Constantine.  Oh it makes me so furious.

And because it "sounds" like a lesson from a history book, many people just glaze over it, reject it, make excuses for it, or try to justify it.  But we have been stripped and robbed of our inheritance as Children of God.  Whether we are directly descended from the 10 scattered tribes of Israel (who inter-married with Gentile pagans and became "Gentile like"), from the tribe of Judah (Jewish) or Gentile (who is grafted in after accepting the Messiah)... as a believer in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the Messiah for our salvation... we are ISRAEL!  There is one tree. (Romans 11:15-24) There is ONE NEW MAN.  There is one family of God.  We are God's children.

Over the next week as this Feast (which means "God Appointment" in the original language) is celebrated and observed/remembered, I am going to talk about this Feast and how it all got lost... and how it is all coming back!  Along with a drive back to the root of Christianity, the LORD is unleashing the power of the Holy Spirit in mighty ways!  He is gathering His people and He is purifying His Bride!

OH HOW I PRAISE THE NAME OF YAWEH!

There are two books that speak clearly and reveal so much of this... and it is all scripture based (with some historical evidence of the time as well!).  I beg of you to order them on Amazon and read them. 

Celebrating Jesus in the Biblical Feasts, Richard Booker.
The Messianic Church Arising! Dr. Robert D. Heidler.

I so look forward to sharing this with you! 

Speedster...

I am becoming the worst blogger ever.

One post in a week is pretty sad.

I am sorry.

Week after week speeds by in such a fashion that I can't catch my breath sometimes.

I HATE THAT!

I hate this pace.  I do. 

Last week is a blur.

Tuesday, I cleaned/laundry/stuff.

Wednesday, I cut out 9 banners, ironed and hemmed them, and then created an "example" banner for a craft I was sharing with my Mom2Mom group on Thursday.  It took almost all day (along with the stuff that goes along with three kids in there and trying to prepare for a yard sale!)

Thursday, I had Mom2Mom and our group made the banner.  I had lunch with a friend, went and picked up a clothes rack from another friend for the yard sale and went home and pulled out the rest of the stuff for the yard sale and priced it.  I went to bed at midnight.

Friday morning, I was up early for the yard sale, pulled it back in around noon and then went to pick up some extra chillies we watched for the weekend while their mommy and daddy went on a get-away!

Saturday morning I did round 2 of the yard sale (which we did to raise money for friends who are hosting to adopt two twin girls from Latvia)... got everything divvied up for thrift and consignment... fed chillies lunch, showered, and then headed off to the Fall Frenzy where I worked a crazy hair booth.  After leaving the festival we dropped the chillies off at home with a sitter and headed to Saturday night worship.  IT WAS WONDERFUL.

Sunday, I awoke, got 4 chillies ready (thankfuly Taylor can man for herself!), and headed off to church where I taught the Sunday school lesson for k-5th!

Monday, after getting kids off to school, I went back to bed until about noon!

Today, I feel half human again! :0)

This week looks almost as crazy.

And my eye infection is back.

And spiritual battles are raging all around me and attacking people I love.

This is a crazy month.  I am not sure how it happens... a month being so "booked".  I try so hard to not let it get so "booked" and it sometimes just happens.

I try and remind myself that I am not living for myself.

And God does supply what I need.

And I try to take it one hour at a time.

And the blog is way down on the to do list.

I will try to do better.

:0)

Another Monday...

Tomorrow will bring with her a new Monday.  A new week... right there for the taking.

What will you do?