NO LABELS.......

A very good friend recently requested "relationship status" on facebook. I replied back divorced.  she is widowed.

Then I sent her a private message with the thought:
" After a while, isn't divorced and widowed the same thing as single? Just asking?"

I had a thought as I posted that last message, so now my question is, why do does society need labels for people, why do we label ourselves, we are just who we are, who God created us to be.

That's who I want to be, no labels, just who God created me to be.

Just SHUT UP (it's not what you think)

I have a major decision to make.
My head is saying stay
My heart is saying go

my spirit is saying both of you shut up and let me hear what YaHUaH is  saying!!!

Just DO it

Do what you love and love what you do,

I don't know who said it, but I like it!

SOMETHING HAPPENED!

Something happened.

I had planned on writing something totally different than what is on my heart today.  I was going to write about the Torah Portion my friend & I studied Friday evening before the Sabbath began, & how the Scriptures in the Torah Portion related to the state of the world, our nation and politics in general.   


But something happened.

After my friend left so she could get home before Sabbath began.  I quickly did up the dishes, took out the trash, did a couple little things, before Sabbath began, but I didn't have time to turn on the pc and write what I had planned on writing.  

Then it was Sabbath, and something happened. 

For the first time in weeks I was actually going to be able to honor the Sabbath, starting Friday night.  for the past few weekends I've either been packing, moving, unpacking or at work.  That is not what Sabbath is for.   It's for resting.  So starting sun down Friday night, when Sabbath begins, I did NOTHING!  I rested.  ooooops, i confess, I did make my meals on Saturday, because I forgot to plan ahead, but I did as little as possible, (sandwiches & fruit) & no shopping & no dishes.....   I spent Saturday morning reading the next Torah Portion (thanks to my sisterfriend) and in prayer,  not all of Saturday morning, but for a while.  The rest of the day I did nothing.  I watched a couple of movies, I read in my mystery book, (I confess I did go on facebook a few times, next Saturday, no facebook), I lounged around all day with my pal Kaci (my dog).  

By midafternoon I felt like I was at a cross roads.  I was getting a little restless, but I was determined to rest.

And then it happened.

I was in the middle of doing nothing other than giving myself a "talk" about honoring the Sabbath, I was determined to REST as we are supposed to. That is what the Sabbath is for.  Then I got it!

REST!!!!  On the Sabbath we are supposed to REST.  I had always been thinking of it as "physical rest", but it's not just physical rest.  

I suddenly understood something so deep in my spirit, it had to be from Yahuah.
Sabbath is for us to REST physically.   We also need to find mental rest, emotional rest and......

MOST IMPORTANTLY WE NEED TO FIND SPIRITUAL REST!  The kind of rest where we REST in Him!  that means to completely REST
in Him, trust Him, cast our cares, concerns, woes at His feet and DON'T PICK THEM BACK UP AGAIN!
For the rest of the day, I rested, truly  rested, for the first time in I have no idea how long, maybe the first time EVER.

It was no longer difficult to REST, I was no longer restless.   In fact, later in the afternoon, I was hoping the sunset would take longer in coming.  

It was, dare I say it, INTOXICATING!  I apologize for the word, but I can't think of any other way to describe the gift I was giving for doing my best to honor the Sabbath.  I don't mean intoxicating as when you drink alcohol, I mean the kind of intoxicating feeling you get when you are just so relaxed, so calm, so, dare I say it happy?  And it wasn't a giddy happy, but a quiet sense of happiness,  maybe contentment would be a better word instead of happy. 

Now my thoughts are confident, restful, trusting in Him to fix whatever needs "fix'n" in my life, my week, my day.  (getting ready for a job interview in a few short hours), no anxiety, no frustration, just trusting & resting in Yahuah!  I am still carrying that sense of contentment with me, and am hoping to keep this all week long!!!

Shalom means, nothing missing, nothing broken, nothing out of place.  
That was my gift, His Shalom Peace!

I can't wait for next Sabbath, so it can happen again! 

SHALOM!

CREDIT VS BLAME

It seems to be human nature to want to blame someone else for all the negative, dark, ugliness in the world around us, instead of taking responsibility for ourselves, and I find it interesting that people who don't even believe in a creator, are always asking you thing, "if there is a god why did he allow.......?"  but they dont want to give our Creator credit for any of the beauty that He actually created! 

I am not in charge of the doors, the keys or the locks.

keys & locks........
I finally got it!   well I actually got it early last week!  So this is what I believe Yahuah was telling me with the whole missing keys, locks, etc thing.  
There is so much going on at work, not any of it good!  It's taken me awhile to get back to my pc.  With everything going at work, people being layed off and others not waiting, quiting now, looking for jobs, myself included, I finally got it!
It's not for me to lock or unlock any doors, but to trust Him and He will give me the right key for the right lock to open the right door at the right time.   I know that seems simplistic, but there it is.  And it's really hard to remember it all the time!  Espescially in such a negative & hostile environment.  
Regardless, there it is:  

I am not in charge of the doors, the keys or the locks.

spiritual INDEPENCE DAY!

One of my sweetest sisters asked this question the other day, "

How can I celebrate being American when I am a child of the king and part of his kingdom."

my answer:

I ask myself that same question from time to time, but consider this: yes, we are first and foremost HIS DAUGHTERS & SONS OF HIS KINGDOM.    For me it's not so much a celebration of being an American, since that doesn't seem to mean much any more, at least not for the last few years it doesn't mean what it used to mean, it's more about celebrating our INDEPENDENCE DAY.  Not just the Independence we gained as a country more than 200 years ago, but the spiritual independence that was a result of that political and physical independence.  When I think about where I might be if I were born in a country that didn't have the spiritual freedom that we still enjoy here (mostly), that's a scarrrrrrrrrrrry thought!  So yes, I can & will still celebrate that part of our national heritage, while we are still allowed to.  I refuse to say 'happy 4th of july', that means nothing!  but i will proudly say HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!  & thank the many men and women who sailed the ocean to escape political and spiritual tyranny, fought to separate us from that tyranny, and those who still strive to keep our country free, (hindered by the current leadership as they might be).   those who say happy 4th of july, remind me of those who say merry xmas, trying to remove every possible reminder of our Father & Creator & His Son & His Set-Apart Spirit.   I don't celebrate Christmas or Independence day in the traditional sense, but I still detest the use of xmas and 4th of july! to those who use those terms I say "BAH HUMBUG"! 

:)

To the rest of us I say HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! 

(enjoy it while we can!)

Psalms 33:12  "Blessed is the nation whose Elohim is Yahua, The people whom He has chose as His own inheritance"   I'm trying to figure out how to explain this, the way I see it we are representatives of HIS KINGDOM, residing temporarily within an earthly nation who for the time being still allows us to celebrate HIS KINGDOM GLORY & therefore I will celebrate with them (this earthly nation) their Physical, Political & Spiritual (somewhat) Independence day, maybe not in the traditional sense, but with thankful reverence. There will come a day, probably sooner than later, when we will no longer have the same political freedoms we have now, but we will never lose our Spiritual freedom of His Kingdom.   I hope that makes as much sense in the written word as it does in my brain, LOL