Tuesday, April 23, 2013

David Rubin

For this week's Shabbat gathering, we had a guest speaker, David Rubin.  David is orthodox Jewish and author of three books. He was a very humble laid back person who was a delight to have in our home and for our congregation.  It was very interesting learning the Orthodox way of keeping Kosher and Shabbat.  He was a very good explainer and willing to answer our many questions.  I think it was a good learning experience for us, and we made a new friend.  It was great that our congregation was able to bless Israel as well through his work with the Shiloh Israel Children's Fund.  If you were in Ohio and did not join us, I must say you missed a wonderful Shabbat.  We even got in some Davidic Dance time during the supper break!  Here are a couple of pictures...

 David Rubin speaking to our group.

Enjoying Davidic Dancing out in the driveway.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Walking in His Light

Sometimes walking in His (Yahweh's) light is not easy...  But it is the safest place to be!  Sometimes He pushes us to our limits to test our faith and willingness to obey and follow His leading.  Sometimes He takes us to His highest mountaintop to give us the pure joy of following Him.  We walk by faith and receive the blessings of that obedience.  Thank you, Yahweh, for your gift of redemption through your perfect son, our Messiah Yeshua, and for grafting me into your everlasting Covenant! 

The last part of this week has gone good overall.  I also finished my Hermeneutics Course and my Biblical Counseling Course focusing on Biblical Womanhood.  That means I only have one elective - Church History - through Liberty University left.  It has been particularly interesting doing these couple of courses through a Hebrew Roots worldview and realizing how the "church" has gotten where it has arrived.  Finishing the Biblical Counseling Course which is through AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors) marks the halfway point!  I've got 21 more weeks, and I will be fully done with that.  It is exciting to be marking these various achievements off my to do list.  Now just to get back on working on my book, but that will probably come more so after finishing the Church History course and after Purify 2013. 

Speaking of Purify 2013, we are exactly 6 weeks away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I can hardly believe it.  Yahweh has truly been blessing this retreat, and I cannot wait to see what He is going to do that weekend.  Well, time to head for supper...till next time, Shalom!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Creation Gospel

This past Friday, we went down to Cincinnati for me to complete my Creation Gospel Teacher training. We met Hollisa and Alan at the hotel where I would spend Friday evening and Shabbat morning studying with Hollisa. She is an absolutely amazing lady...so humble and sweet yet so Biblically knowledgable. It was a great weekend! I am now working on planning a Creation Gospel class in our area for this summer of which I'm excited.

This week has been busy with work on Purify 2013 - Retreat for Hebrew Roots Singles. I am getting more and more excited each week. We are down to just over 6 weeks till it is time for Purify 2013!

My schoolwork is also coming along quite well. I finished my Course on Enzyme Nutrition. It was very fascinating and so important as we often do not realize how important getting the right amount of nutrition and supplementing properly is.

Well, back to work I go...!!!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Productive Week

This week has been busy but very good.  I've gotten a lot done which always makes me a happy camper.  Plus I've enjoyed just being with my family and having some nice down time in the evenings.  Then today, I finally found the perfect pair of flip-flops at Cabela's.  Yes, they were more expensive, but they were ergonomically correct and so comfy!  They will last a while and help support my foot.  I enjoyed my cleaning job with Daddy today then going shopping with him.  Did you know that he just like all other guys can get very distracted in Cabela's?  :)  Well, off to bed...got a busy and fun weekend ahead of me.  More on that later!

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Purify 2013 Sign Up Reminder

This is a great week to sign up for Purify 2013!  If you are planning on going, sign up now to make sure you have a spot.  We're getting a great response, and at our current rate, we will have a full house!  Sign up at www.purify2013.com.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Friendship

True Friendship is a blessing from Yahweh.  True friends are those who you know you can count on to pray and support you when you need it.  Praise Yahweh for those true friends!