Tending the Temple Daily

I know folks say never talk about religion or politics, but I  do it anyway.  The upcoming US Presidential Election is 5 days away at the time of this writing.  The tensions are high,  the propaganda is deep, the lies are astronomical, and folks are at extreme odds with one another.  I've seen a dozen or so YouTube videos from respected Bible teachers talking about the election,  half say Christians have a moral responsibility to vote,  and the other half say Christians should have nothing to do with this corrupt system. I'm not going to advise anyone on that.  Make a decision with which you can live. That's what I will do.  I would like to bring one thing to your attention: left wing, right wing = one eagle The more I learn, the clearer this comes into focus. The pendulum swings, and it's likely to swing wide. Right now we've got far "left/ progressive" rulership. The swing far "right/conservative" will be bad too, just different. In a fair ...

 Sukkot 2024 Part Deux: what I learned, because it's all a learning process.  In a nutshell I learned that I still have a lot of baggage. Ewww yucky things that I hide away in my regular life. Self protecting stuff that I tend to give myself excuses to use. I desire relationship with other believers yet I am still so guarded. I keep much of myself behind curtains of quiet defensive behaviors. I feel like I'm always on the outside looking in,  and am convinced that I do it to myself.  Well rejection hurts, that's why.   Bill and I tend to be reclusive in general. We don't have many "friends" we have over for dinner.  When we do anything,  it's with family. And our family members are not living as Grafted in Believers of Yahusha. Bill and I are the odd men out, so to speak.  Our family tolerates the differences, so that's great,  but it does instill in us a desire for fellowship with like minded people.  Our prayers of course are for ...

  Sitting in my sukkah (travel trailer) this morning,  sipping coffee and listening to the sounds of the camp waking up. It's reported that there's around 300 people registered this Sukkot, and soooooo many new babies.  I heard a praise report last evening that prayers were offered last Sukkot for fertility in our young women.  Lo and behold many families were blessed with babies this year, including one who was believed to be barren and another who had suffered a few miscarriages. Yah is Good all the time.   We've reconnected with loved ones we met last year, and made new relationships we hope to nurture and consider brothers and sisters.  It genuinely feels like family we never knew we had. I've been Torah pursuant for over 25 years, sure wish I could remember exact dates, but it's been a journey.  In this time I have kept the Feasts sometimes  alone, most times in my backyard,  but always desiring to keep this feast with other like-mi...

  Fasting is an important part of discipleship of which I never received instruction when I attended regular Sunday go-to-meeting Church. Why? It didn't seem to be given any value in a believer's walk.  I have since learned that fasting is not only important,  it's necessary.  I used to be convinced that I couldn't fast. I got nauseous before 24 hours had passed and would cave and give up.  But when I got determined, I was able to press thru, the nausea would pass, I didn't barf. Once I got passed that I began to notice how great I felt. I also had clarity of mind that I hadn't experienced before. I still struggle thru the first 24 hours, but the next 24 hours are so encouraging.  But the best thing was hearing from Yah. No, not an audible voice, yet I do have a story for that I'll tell later, but a clear message either thru a person, the Scriptures, or an enlightening on a subject I'd been studying but I hadn't seen before.  Confirmation, understand...

  It's been 3 years since I first blogged about head covering. Primarily I am speaking of head covering for women who are followers of Yahusha/Jesus. I am still covering for Holy Days including every Shabbat. As I was studying this subject 3 years ago, I was listening to other women's testimonies regarding head covering. One comment stood out to me: be consistent. Whichever way I decide to implement covering in my life, I'm to be consistent.  And I have been.   I still feel (my personal beliefs, not Scripture) that covering is one way I make the Holy Days more special.  I wear a variety of styles and colors of head coverings, so to me it's fun to coordinate my clothing with my scarfs. Lately I've been sorting my outfits for Sukkot, and matching scarfs to them. When I'm at Sukkot I blend in, many ladies cover, but in regular life, I'm always the only one.  And I don't mind.  Clearly, I am set apart from the others. I still enjoy the sense of security my...

  I often think to myself, "it's all a test".  Every interaction with another being, every choice, every moment of every day we are being tested. These tests are sometimes obvious and other times hard to detect. But as a Believer in Yahusha, we usually quickly notice when we've failed a test.   Recently I have been tested by forgetting to ring up my carbonated drink, got all the way out to my pickup before I noticed.  After I loaded my paid for purchases, I took my cart back thru the self checkout and paid for that carton of drinks. I could have talked myself into just loading up those drinks and head home: the door checker person should have caught it, it's inconvenient to go back in and pay, oh I could probably come up with some great excuses to keep from doing the right thing. But I would have failed the test.  Also this week I saw a post on Facebook that reminded me of a deep wounding I received this year. I claim to forgive this offense, but I reposted...

  Have you been listening to all the warnings about October? #1 the signs in the heavenly bodies that reflect messages in the Book of Revelation,  #2 election cycle October surprise,  #3 escalating military operations in Ukraine and the Middle East What if October is when End Times events actually take off? Are you ready? Are you grieved by what's going on in our world? Is your heart in the right place? Have you warned everyone? These are my internal questions.   Yah, His Son Yahusha, and the faithful prophets told us what to look for to know that the Day of Yahuah is at hand.  Wars, rumors of wars, like in the days of Noah, people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy. Unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self control,  brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong,  haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Yah. We are told that the sun, moon and st...

  I was listening to Tucker Carlson speak with John Rich and Russell Brand ( don't judge lol), and they were speaking about a Christian awakening they claim is happening all around the world ( I sure hope so). Tucker Carlson said, "when you hear truth it resounds within you like a bell". Then Russell said, " it's discernment, and not everyone has it". Those statements hit me like a lightning bolt. I, 100%,  agree with them.  Have you ever tried to share truth with someone and they cocked their head like a confused dog? Or you share a truth and they wish to argue the point? They don't have discernment.  Try as you like,  until they ask for discernment from Yah, they won't get it.  This is so logical,  the things of Yah seldom make sense to us, after all His ways are not our ways, the wisdom of this world is foolishness with Elohim, but if He's given us discernment, we can make some sense of it.  Don't waste your time with frustration or anger,...