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    Psalm 119:33-38
    "Teach me, O YHWH, the way of your statutes and I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding and I shall keep your Torah; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me walk in the path of your commandements for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in your way. Establish your word to your servant who is devoted to fearing you."

    Joshua 1:8
    Do not let this Book of the Torah depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and act wisely. text

    Isaiah 62:1-3
    "For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the YHWH shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the YHWH, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy Elohim."


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    Shabbat Camping Plans
  • 09/02/2010: T.O.B.Y Weekly Highlights
  • 09/01/2010: The Season of our Joy
  • 09/01/2010: Torah Scroll Craft
  • 08/31/2010: Victoria’s 1st Video Log
  • 08/31/2010: Music
  • 08/28/2010: Birth Day Praise
  • 08/27/2010: Weekly Homeschool Highlights
  • 08/20/2010: Shabbat Plans and Link Up
  • 08/19/2010: First Week Highlights



  • Shabbat Camping Plans

    September 3, 2010

    It’s that time of week again! I’ve come to look forward to this link up and the ability to peek into the homes of others who keep the Sabbath day set-apart as commanded by our loving Elohim! Feel free to join in on the fun! It’s great to link up and share in this special appointment with our creator with others that are doing the same!

    We are currently on the road heading to meet Mishpacha for a four day weekend camping trip! We’ll be finalizing Sukkot preparations and enjoying fellowship and family time! After a busy week, it’s much needed :)


    We plan to do lots of cooking on the grill and possibly open fire if weather permits.

    Some items for the weekend menu include:

  • Grape juice
  • Challah
  • Crockpot white bean soup
  • Lots of fresh fruit
  • Marinated Veggie K-Bobs
  • Steaks
  • Simple Meal-in-one
  • (In the center of a large piece of heavy duty aluminum foil place a hamburger patty (venison or chicken breasts would also work). On top of the burger, place a thin slice of onion. Wash potatoes with skins on, slice thinly and add a layer of potatoes on top of the onions. Add salt, pepper, garlic and a large spoon of canned baked beans. Bring edges of foil together and fold down to seal then roll ends to finish sealing. Place in hot coals for 30 to 45 min til done. NO mess! NO fuss! GREAT eating!)

  • Easy Summer Dessert (tangerines, pineapples, cream cheese bake)
  • Grilled corn on the cob
  • Large salads with homemade dressing (my staple meal)

    Our family has listened to this song many times this week as we’ve prayed for opportunities and ways to be a blessing to others. May we be salt and light, His hands and feet and a beautiful display of the wonderful love and mercy of our Abba YHWH here on earth! I pray this video blesses you as it has our home.

    ♥Shabbat Shalom from our campsite to your home ♥

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  • T.O.B.Y Weekly Highlights

    September 2, 2010

    My friend Loni hosts a weekly wrap up for Torah Observant Believers in Yahshua. I’ve enjoyed highlighting our week and being encouraged through all the participation from others. If you would like to jump in, just click on the button to sign up after reading the guidelines here.

    A favorite highlight from our week and in addition to our normal schedule was our Torah Scroll craft. It was such a hit that my children have suggested we do this again during Sukkot for a children’s activity.

    Victoria was able to use computer skills and make a video weblog completely on her own.

    We spent time talking about the upcoming biblical appointments and praying specifically about ways we can sew into the lives of others in more tangible ways.

    For lack of time I made a quick video of photos taken throughout the week with my iPhone of course. I suppose at some point I will get out the real camera :lol:

    This week flew by quickly! There’s been much anticipation building in our home for the weekend camping trip with friends. It’ll be wonderful to have Daddy all to ourselves for 4 days :)

    Have a blessed weekend my friends!



    The Season of our Joy

    September 1, 2010

    My favorite time of year is quickly approaching! It is truly the season of our joy :)

    The following article was originally posted on Feelin’ Feminine. I enjoyed being able to share a bit of my heart and pray it blesses you as well.

    As the carefree days of summer come to a close and our family’s new school year is in full swing we can finally see Fall just on the horizon. At this point in the year we eagerly anticipate the shorter days and cool crisp autumn air. The wonderfully baked aromas lingering through our home and various color pallet changes of nature are all some of my favorites about the Fall season. However the most special part of this season for our family is celebrating the Scriptural Feast of Tabernacles also known as Sukkot and the events that lead up to this joyful occasion.

    Sukkot is pronounced “sue-coat” and is a Hebrew word that means “booths” which refers to the temporary dwelling the Israelites lived in while in the wilderness on their forty year journey from Egypt to the promised land.
    The Scriptures tell us when to celebrate this festival as we read in the following passage from Leviticus:

    “… in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep a feast unto YHWH seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And you 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 YHWH your Elohim, seven days. And you shall keep it a feast unto YHWH seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. You shall dwell in booths seven days . . .”
    Leviticus 23:40-42

    According to the text Sukkot is a 7 day outdoor feast and time of rejoicing which proceeds after a period of awakening during Yom Teruah (trumpets) and Yom Kippur (atonement or redemption). It is to be kept forever through all the generations.

    For years we read about the various festivals throughout the Scriptures but it’s only been in the last four years as we’ve begun to study out the roots of our faith that the veil has been removed from our eyes. We now see these appointments are for all those grafted in through Messiah, all 12 tribes of Israel, not just the Jews. We as grafted in believers are heirs according to the promise (Galatians 3:29). So even if we’re not native-born Israelis, or even Jewish, Scripture says that even “the stranger within the gates” is to observe the Feast.

    As we’ve continued studying and participating each year we find that one can not understand the salvation plan without a full understanding of the Scriptural feasts and understanding who true Israel is.

    Sukkot is one of three pilgrimage festivals commanded by YHWH including Passover and Pentecost. All are centered around an agricultural harvest which beautifully illustrates the plan for salvation. Most of us have read the Scriptures in the Torah, the first five books, concerning the feast and Sabbath instructions given by our Creator such as the following from Leviticus:

    “And YHWH spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the appointments (feasts) of YHWH, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my appointments (feasts). Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of YHWH in all your dwellings. These are the feasts of YHWH, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons.”
    Leviticus 23:1-4

    In this text the Hebrew word for ‘feast’ is moed and is likened as an appointment. Of course it’s not just any set time like an anniversary or birth date, but rather as we see in the text it is a time created by the Almighty for His children to set aside and meet with Him. It is during these moedim that we as His children have the opportunity to draw closer to our Father and wait for His wisdom and guidance. The Sabbath is a weekly moed in which we set aside the seventh day to rest, study and observe in obedience just as our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) did.

    Yahshua literally fulfilled the first four moedim in Leviticus 23 with his death, burial and resurrection and will fulfill the final three with his second coming. It’s crucial to understand the times and season in which our Father runs the universe so that we will not be caught off guard by a thief in the night (1 Thess. 5:1). Sukkot is also the time our family celebrates the birth of Yahshua (Jesus) and the Torah that became flesh and tabernacled among us (John 1:14). The Scriptures verify of this often overlooked fact due to man made doctrines.

    Shaul (Paul) says that these moedim are a shadow picture of good things to come (1 Col. 2:17). Could it be that he knew we would all be participating in this feast during the millennial reign?

    “And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”
    Zechariah 14:16-19

    This passage continues with the punishments for those that do not go up for the feast. As we observe these appointments we are essentially participating in dress rehearsals before the opening act!

    Over the past few months I’ve seen such an influx of curious visitors to my blog as well as daily emails for encouragement and questions about how to transition to a more Torah observant lifestyle. The scales are beginning to come off as YHWH pours out His set-apart spirit calling all His children to return to their first love and to the faith that was once delivered to the saints. Father is truly restoring all things just as He said He would. He promises we will find Him when we search with all of our hearts (Jer. 29:13) and we must study to show ourselves approved (2 Timothy 2:15).

    This year our family along with a few others we have “sukkoted” with in the past will be hosting a week long feast of Tabernacles at a campground in East Texas. Just as in ancient times we will spend our days fellowshipping with friends and family. We will participate in family activities since many save vacation time all year for this one week. We will be listening to inspired teachings, giving offerings of praise and tithes, participating in daily prayers, baptism, feasting, dancing and much rejoicing!

    As our family seeks to be obedient and observe these appointments we find that our schedules, vacations, family time, goals and interests revolve around the moedim of YHWH our Elohim (God). For this homeschooling Mother of five there truly is no greater joy than knowing that my children are walking through their days, weeks, months and years with the Creator of all. May we seek to live a lifestyle of worship in spirit and in all truth.

    I found this short video explaining the feasts and their prophetic meaning.

    The spring feasts point to Messiah’s first coming to fulfill the role of redemption for mankind.
    The fall feasts point to Messiah’s 2nd coming to fulfill the role of conquering king and judge.

    Shalom!

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    Torah Scroll Craft

    I am NOT a crafty person but that is slowly changing as I try to implement ways for all five of our children to learn together and actually enjoy it as well as love learning about the ways of our Abba through His Torah. What better way to do that than with crafts!

    Today we made a miniature Sefer Torah scroll that I found on Challah Crumbs this week. If you’ve not found this treasure of a site you should head on over!

    Our scrolls say
    “Sh’ma Yis’ra’eil” because we couldn’t fit the entire Sh’ma…





    This week we have watched these videos after breakfast which correspond to the portion of the week. These videos are a HUGE hit in our home! They really give the children a visual as well as ways to apply the set-apart instructions in our daily walk. I have actually enjoyed them as well :)




    Parshat Nitzavim from G-dcast.com

    More Torah cartoons at www.g-dcast.com




    “Shema Yisrael, YHWH Eloheynu, YHWH Echad.
    Baruch Shem Kevod, Malchuto L’Olam Vaed”

    “Hear, O Israel: YHWH your Elohim; YHWH he is ONE
    Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever.” Amein!
    (Deut. 6:4)

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    Victoria’s 1st Video Log

    August 31, 2010

    As most of you know our family began the Handwritten Torah Project a few weeks ago. It’s basically taken over our days which I love. In the spirit of Deut. 6 most all of our day is centered around the Scriptures!

    This week Victoria asked to share from her heart a few passages from this weeks reading. All on her own she has created her first Vlog and I’m quite sure you can expect more in the future!


    So what did you think? Remember “Torah is life!”

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