Happenings on Chanukah

I went golfing with my dad yesterday(well, kinda, he was my caddy.) I played from the white tees for the first time, with new clubs(kind of new, they were dad's.)
After I went golfing we went to our Messianic group's Chanukah celebration, where we all lighted our own mini  ( and big) menorahs. after that we listened as one of us read the story of the Maccabees. After that we all played dreidels. I hope that you all have a good rest of the day. Shalom.

It is Shabbat!

It's Shabbat today!

I'm glad that today is Shabbat

because I get to learn more of the Torah.

  “Remember the Sabbath day,

to set it apart.

  “Six days you labour,

and shall do all your work, 

  but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Elohim.

You do not do any work

  you, nor your son, 

nor your daughter,

nor your male servant, 

nor your female servant, 

nor your cattle,

nor your stranger who is within your gates. 

  “For in six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth,

the sea, and all that is in them, 

and rested the seventh day. 

Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.

Exodus 20:8-11

Have a blessed Shabbat!

Giving Thanks

My sister Ally is coming home from collage tomorrow!

This is certainly a time to thank and to praise YHVH!

  

  Oh, give thanks to יהוה, 

for He is good!

Because His kindness is everlasting

.   Let Yisra’ĕl now say, 

“His kindness is everlasting.” 

  Let the house of Aharon now say, 

“His kindness is everlasting.”

 Let those who fear יהוה now say, 

“His kindness is everlasting.” 

  I called on Yah in distress;

Yah answered me in a broad place.

  יהוה is on my side;

I do not fear what man does to me! 

  יהוה is for me among those helping me;

Therefore I look on those hating me.

 It is better to take refuge in יהוה
Than to trust in man. 

  It is better to take refuge in יהוה
Than to trust in princes.

Psalms 118:1-9

Paganism: How it Affects Our World - The Names of the Planets

The names of the planets are also named after gods and goddesses.

Mercury:

The first planet from the Sun.

Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods.

His Greek name was Hermes.

Venus:

The second planet from the Sun.

Venus was the Roman goddess of beauty and love.

Her Greek name was Aphrodite.

Mars:

The fourth planet from the Sun.

Mars was the Roman god of war.

The month March is also named after him.

Jupiter:

The fifth planet  from the Sun.

Jupiter was the king of the gods in Roman mythology.

His Greek name was Zeus.

Saturn:

The sixth planet from the Sun.

Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture.

The day Saturday is also named after him.

Uranus:

The seventh planet from the Sun.

Uranus came from the Greek name Urani,

One of the seven Muses,

where we get our term "Music" from.

Neptune:

The eighth planet from the Sun.

Neptune was the Roman god of the ocean.

His Greek name was Poseidon.

Pluto:

The ninth planet from the Sun.

Pluto was the Roman god of the dead

His Greek name was Hades.

We need to be careful, 

for the devil will try to deceive us
and has been doing so from the beginning.

  Do not be led astray:

Elohim is not mocked,

for whatever a man sows,

that he shall also reap.

Galatians 6:7

 

Starting Over...

Hello there! I have not posted in a while, 

so I'm going to post now. 

We are starting the Torah cycle all over again, 

and I'm glad because there is so much more to learn!

O יהוה, Your kindness has filled the earth;

Teach me Your laws.

You have done good to Your servant, O יהוה,

According to Your word.

Teach me good sense and knowledge,

For I have trusted in Your commands.

Before I was afflicted I myself was going astray,

But now I have guarded Your word.

  You are good, and do good;

Teach me Your laws.

The proud have forged a lie against me,

With all my heart I observe Your orders.

Their heart has become like fat,

Without feeling;

I have delighted in Your Torah.

It was good for me that I was afflicted,

That I might learn Your laws.

The Torah of Your mouth is better to me

Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Your hands have made me and formed me;

Make me understand,

that I might learn Your commands. 

- Tehillim (Psalms) 119:64-73

Let me never forget Your orders,

For by them You have given me life.

- Tehillim (Psalms) 119:93

O how I love Your Torah!

It is my study all day long.

Tehillim (Psalms) 119:97

May we obey and walk in YHVH'S Torah!!

May we want to learn about HIM!!!!

Shalom!

The Fall Feasts

In a few days it is Sukkot!
My family is building a 8' sukkah.
This month has been very busy
with observing Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur.
And because of the way the month is this year,
we have been blessed with double Shabbats!

Yom Teruah - The Feast of Trumpets -

And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, 

‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month,

you have a rest, a remembrance
of blowing of trumpets,

a set-apart gathering. ‘You do no servile work, 

and you shall bring an offering made by fire
to יהוה.’ ”

Leviticus 23:23-25

Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement - 

And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

“On the tenth day of this seventh month
is the Day of Atonement.

It shall be a set-apart gathering for you.

And you shall afflict your beings, 

and shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה.

“And you do no work on that same day,

for it is the Day of Atonement,

to make atonement for you before יהוה your Elohim.

“For any being who is not afflicted on that same day,

he shall be cut off from his people.

“And any being who does any work on that same day,

that being I shall destroy from
the midst of his people.

“You do no work – a law forever 

throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

‘It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your beings.

On the ninth day of the month at evening,

from evening to evening, you observe your Sabbath.”

Leviticus 23:26-32

Sukkot - The Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) - 

And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying,

‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is 

the Festival of Booths for seven days to יהוה.

‘On the first day is a set-apart gathering,
you do no servile work.

‘For seven days you bring an offering
made by fire to יהוה.

On the eighth day there shall be
a set-apart gathering for you,

and you shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה.

It is a closing festival, you do no servile work.

‘These are the appointed times of יהוה 

which you proclaim as set-apart gatherings,

to bring an offering made by fire to יהוה,

a burnt offering and a grain offering,

a slaughtering and drink offerings,

as commanded for every day –

besides the Sabbaths of יהוה, and besides your gifts,

and besides all your vows,

and besides all your voluntary offerings
which you give to יהוה.

‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month,

when you gather in the fruit of the land,

observe the festival of יהוה for seven days.

On the first day is a rest,
and on the eighth day a rest.

‘And you shall take for yourselves
on the first day the fruit of good trees,

branches of palm trees, twigs of leafy trees,
and willows of the stream,

and shall rejoice before יהוה your Elohim
for seven days.

‘And you shall observe it as a festival to יהוה
for seven days in the year –

a law forever in your generations.

Observe it in the seventh month.

‘Dwell in booths for seven days;

all who are native Yisra’ĕlites
{which includes those grafted in}
dwell in booths,

so that your generations know that
I made the children of Yisra’ĕl

dwell in booths when I brought them out
of the land of Mitsrayim.

I am יהוה your Elohim.’ ”

Leviticus 23:33-43

I hope that you have a blessed week.

Paganism: How it Affects Our World - The Days

The days are named after pagan gods and goddesses.

That alone shows how we have gotten away
from YHVH's ways.

Sunday:
The first day of the week.
The word comes from the Latin words Sol Invictus Mithras 
(the day of the unconquerable sun, Mithras.)
Mithras was a name of the sun god.  

Monday:

The second day of the week. 

The word comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Monandaeg,  

which means moon's day. 

Monday was sacred to the goddess of the moon.

Tuesday: 

The third day of the week. 

The word comes from Tiu,or Tiw  

The old Anglo-Saxon form of Tyr,

name of the Norse god of war. 

The French call Tuesday Mardi, for Mars, 

the Roman god of war.

Wednesday:

The forth day of the week. 

The day gets its name from Woden or Oden,

the chief god in Teutonic mythology,

to whom it was sacred. 

The Germans called it Woden's-day. 

The first to name days after gods and goddesses 

were the ancient Romans.

They called the forth day of the week 

after the god Mercury, 

the messenger of the gods. 

From this name the French call Wednesday Mercredi .

Thursday: 

The fifth day of the week. 

The ancient Norsemen considered the day 

sacred to Thor, the Teutonic god of thunder. 

The name means Thor's day. 

This is probably a translation
of the Latin dies Joves.  

meaning Jove's day, for Jove, or Jupiter, 

the Roman god of thunder.

Friday: 

The sixth day of the week. 

the name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Frigedaeg, 

which means Frigg's day.

Frigg was a goddess of love in Norse mythology.

Saturday: 

The seventh day of the week. 

It is named for the Roman god Saturn,

the god of agriculture.

This shows that the days have pagan origins.


Thus said יהוה, 
“Do not learn the way of the gentiles..."
Jeremiah 10:2 

Shabbat Shalom!

Shabbat Shalom! 

Praise Yah for His set-apart day!!

Last week I went golfing with my dad 

and I got my first par!   YAY!

I'm glad that today is Shabbat. 

I'm glad that YHVH commanded us 

to observe His set-apart day!!

 “Remember the Sabbath day,
to set it apart.

  “Six days you labour,
and shall do all your work, 

 but the seventh day is a Sabbath
of יהוה your Elohim.

You do not do any work – 

you, nor your son, nor your daughter, 

nor your male servant, nor your female servant, 

nor your cattle, nor your stranger
who is within your gates 

  “For in six days יהוה made
the heavens and the earth, 

the sea, and all that is in them,
and rested the seventh day. 

Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day
and set it apart.

Exodus (Shemot) 20:9-11 

Shabbat Shalom!!

Blessed is the Man

Here's some more Scriptures for us to consider...

Blessed is the man 

who shall not walk in the counsel of the wrong, 

And shall not stand in the path of sinners, 

And shall not sit in the seat of scoffers,  

But his delight is in the Torah of יהוה,

And he meditates in His Torah day and night.   

For he shall be as a tree 

Planted by the rivers of water, 

That yields its fruit in its season, 

And whose leaf does not wither, 

And whatever he does prospers.  

The wrong are not so, 

But are like the chaff which the wind blows away. 

Therefore the wrong shall not rise in the judgment, 

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For יהוה knows the way of the righteous, 

But the way of the wrong comes to naught

Psalm1 

Let us delight in YHVH'S Torah!

 

Dealing Truthfully

Something that I read 

while doing my seat work today.

"A man who is good at making excuses 

is good for nothing else."

Benjamin Franklin

"If others promise- and neglect to do,
(Their fault is surely no excuse for you)
They'll trouble many- and be loved by few.




And in Scripture...


"Lying lips are an abomination to יהוה,
But those who deal truly are His delight."
Proverbs12:22



Let us be wise and keep our promises.

Praise YHVH! Psalm 148

Praise Yah! Praise יהוה from the heavens,
Praise Him in the heights!

Praise Him, all His messengers;
Praise Him, all His hosts!

Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!

Praise Him, heavens of heavens,
And you waters above the heavens!

Let them praise the Name of יהוה,
For He commanded and they were created. 

And He established them forever and ever,
He gave a law and they pass not beyond.

Praise יהוה from the earth,
You great sea creatures and all the depths,

Fire and hail, snow and clouds,
Stormy wind that does His word,

The mountains and all hills,
Fruit tree and all cedars,

Wild beasts and all cattle,
Creeping creatures and flying birds,

Sovereigns of the earth and all peoples,
Rulers and all judges of the earth,   

Both young men and maidens,
Old men and children.   

Let them praise the Name of יהוה,
For His Name alone is exalted, 

His splendour is above the earth and heavens.   

He also lifts up the horn of His people,
The praise of all His kind ones; 

Of the children of Yisra’ĕl,
A people near to Him. Praise Yah!

 Psalm 148

Welcome

I just wanted to say "Shalom" 

to whoever is reading this post.

I'm singing in my heart because 

I'm happy that YHVH loves me.

Last year my family moved to southern California.

I enjoy living here and enjoy YHVH'S creation

both here and in the parts of Mexico that we can see.

Praise YHVH!!!!