Just for Fellowship Thread

[mle]

Nice! I was up a 6:30 to read the word with my husband and pray. Then I went jogging. He left for work and I've been hanging around the house ever since. We had an ice storm yesterday. Everything outside is in ice.
I'm going to make Mousakka for dinner tonight. My sweetie will really like that!

 

[dsdumpling]

That's sounds good. I'm having left over spaghetti. *whispers, I don't like leftovers.*

 

[mle]

I love leftovers because that means I don't have to do tooo much to fix dinner. I especially like left over spag. because the flavor is much better the second time around.

 

[stillsmallvoice]

Hi all!

dsdumpling posted:

I've been telling my DH about you. He wants to visit Jerusalem so much.

I volunteer to be your personal tour guide. We can hit all the Christian holy places in Jerusalem, the Galilee, etc. (I'm serious by the way!)

Thank you for sharing your faith.

You're welcome; thank you for sharing yours.

Except for Saturdays, I get up between 05:05-05:15 to be at synagogue for morning prayers at either 06:00 or 05:50 depending on what day of the week it is. I could go to later prayers at a different synagogue but this way I'm home before Da Boyz wake up (usually) & can help Wendy get them up, fed, dressed, etc.

We love leftovers. On Shabbat (i.e. the Sabbath), we always make enough food to last us well into the following week.

I spoke to my Mom (in Pittsburgh) earlier this evening about my grandmother (just outside Ft. Lauderdale). My uncle (who also lives near Ft. Lauderdale & is in charge of looking after my grandmother) updated her on grandma's move from her former apartment in a local retirement village to her current apartment in a supervised care facility (i.e. an old age home). My grandma will be 92 (!) soon (God willing). While she's not senile, my uncle says that she can get a little forgetful & confused & is past the point where she can safely live on her own. He & my aunt visit her every day. One thing my uncle told my Mom struck me. He said that grandma likes to go for rides with him in his car but he doesn't call & tell her in advance when he's coming to pick her up because she'll then get confused about when exactly he's coming, etc. Our youngest son, Naor, is all of 3-years-old. He likes to go for rides in the car & has no real conception of time either. Ach! When we come into this world, we depend on those who love us to take care of us & before we leave this world, we also depend on those who love us to take care of us. Things come full circle. (May God grant that my grandmother live for many more years!)

It was such a joy to visit my grandma two years ago & see her with Yohanan (he & Naor are her only great-grandchildren so far). She was 100% supportive of our adopting; that meant a lot to us.

Be well!

ssv

 

[dsdumpling]

I volunteer to be your personal tour guide. We can hit all the Christian holy places in Jerusalem, the Galilee, etc. (I'm serious by the way!)

I will certainly tell him. What a kind man you are.

 

[dsdumpling]

The leftover spaghetti wasn't that bad. mle, you're right about the flavor. My father (who has been in heaven for 11 years now) always loved my spaghetti over my mom's. We are fortunate to have our family as long as we do. I miss him so much, he was an inspiration.

 

[Alessandro]

WOA there is another one.

 

[mle]

WOA there is another one.

Um ahh? I don't get it!

 

[Alessandro]

http://www.christianforums.com/t60783

Thats one

This one is another etc

 

[mle]

This is Q. She is one of my two cats. I got her when she was a kitten, about three years ago. After looking for a kitten for a few months, I finally found an advertisement for free kittens. I went to the home where they were. It was only a couple blocks away from where I lived. I walked there. When I got inside there were about six kittens running around. I was so excited all I had to do was pick one. The first kitten that greeted me had a deformed, kinked tail. I made a mental note not to pick that one. To my dismay none of the other kittens wanted anything to do with me. I stayed there trying to decide for a long time. The kitten with the kinked tail would not leave me alone. She nuzzled me, cuddled and purred. I realized I need not pick a kitten because she picked me. I took her to her home and named her Q for the interesting shape of her tail. She is a wonderful cat that is adored by our family.


Do you have any special animal friends?

 

[FervidPrincess]

ssv wrote...

(May God grant that my grandmother live for many more years!)

I will pray for her health. I hope God grants her many, many more years as well.

 

[stillsmallvoice]

Hi all!

Not a good day.

I had arrived at my downtown Jerusalem office & was walking to a nearby grocery store to get some yogurt & fresh fruit for breakfast (which I usually eat at my desk) when I heard that awful wail of many, many sirens. That sound means only one thing and I hate that I have come to know it so well over the past few years. A suicide-bomber (a woman; woman are supposed to give life, not take it!) blew up on a crowded public bus, just across the park from my office, murdering at least 10 people and wounding dozens more.

One day not too long ago when the bad craziness here (Israel in general, Jerusalem in particular) was really intense, I was driving to work one morning & came down over a particular hill in northern Jerusalem to catch the whole city laid out before me. As I was crawling along in the rush hour traffic, looking at the city, I suddenly recalled I Chronicles 21:16 -

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem.

I wondered, gazing out at the city before me, if a similar angel of destruction (that's what the angel in I Chronicles 21 was; see the context), unseen by me (who is not even remotely close to King David's exalted spiritual level that I could be granted visions of angels), might not have been "standing between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem" given the then/present level of acute insanity here (see above). I tried to picture this & got such a fright that I almost shuddered. Whenever there's a bad terrorist attack, like today, I think about this.

At times like this, I like to read Isaiah 65:16-25 for comfort.

"...because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from Mine eyes. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be you glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man, that has not filled his days; for the youngest shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit, they shall not plant, and another eat; for as the days of a tree shall be the days of My people, and Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says the Lord.

Sigh .

When stuff like this happens & I wonder how the loving & merciful God that we all worship could have let it happened, I (as an orthodox Jew) remind myself that such as we shouldn't dare to try to read God's mind (so to speak) and presume to know why He allows this or that thing to happen. Deuteronomy 29:28 tells us that,

"The secret things belong unto the Lord our God..."

Very many things that are beyond our ken must be one of these, "secret things."

Whenever such disasters happen, I refer to Deut. 29:28, Psalm 131:1-2

Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in things too great, or in things too wonderful for me. Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother; my soul is with me like a weaned child."

,

Isaiah 55:9

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."

,

and Job 38:2-4

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and declare you unto Me. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have the understanding!

to help prevent me from getting too big for my spiritual britches.


Last year, when terrorists in Kenya tried to shoot down an Israeli civilian airlinder as it was taking off from Mombasa's airport, many passengers on the plane reported feeling sudden, momentary turbulence as the missiles whooshed past the plane. One of our town's chief rabbis (we have two) said that the sudden turbulence they felt wasn't the terrorists' infernal devices whooshing past the plane, but an angel shoving the plane out of their way. As always, we must praise God for the miracles that He bestows on us, undeserving as we are.

I apologize for this rambling post. I thank everyone for listening.

Be well!

ssv

 

[Child of The King]

I can't imagine living where there is constant threat and you don't know who to trust and who may be just wanting to take lives. May God be with you, provide you comfort, and keep you safe.
In His love;
Tammy

 

[dsdumpling]

ssv, I can't imagine seeing and hearing what you do. We see it all over our tv but unless you're there, the impact isn't as harsh. I like to read Psalms 37 at times like these. I'd post it but it's pretty long. Stay safe!

 

[Child of The King]

well I must go and get on with part 2 of my day. May God keep you in His loving care and bless you all.
Tammy

 

[stillsmallvoice]

Hi all!

Thank you for your kind words; they are very comforting.

There's a small park/playground here in Jerusalem that DW & I like to take Da Boyz to. I call it "Zechariah's park." There's an old age home right next to the park & you often see elderly residents sitting on the park's benches, enjoying the shade. Now this is right next to the playground area where the little ones are playing & having fun. I call this park "Zechariah's park" because it reminds me of Zechariah 8:4-5.

Thus says the Lord of Hosts: There shall yet old men and old women sit in the broad places of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the broad places of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the broad places thereof.

I find just being there in that park & seeing this & thinking of the verses from Zechariah very comforting. It is wonderful to see.

Be well!

ssv

 

[FervidPrincess]

Hi all!

Not a good day.

I had arrived at my downtown Jerusalem office & was walking to a nearby grocery store to get some yogurt & fresh fruit for breakfast (which I usually eat at my desk) when I heard that awful wail of many, many sirens. That sound means only one thing and I hate that I have come to know it so well over the past few years. A suicide-bomber (a woman; woman are supposed to give life, not take it!) blew up on a crowded public bus, just across the park from my office, murdering at least 10 people and wounding dozens more.

One day not too long ago when the bad craziness here (Israel in general, Jerusalem in particular) was really intense, I was driving to work one morning & came down over a particular hill in northern Jerusalem to catch the whole city laid out before me. As I was crawling along in the rush hour traffic, looking at the city, I suddenly recalled I Chronicles 21:16 -



I wondered, gazing out at the city before me, if a similar angel of destruction (that's what the angel in I Chronicles 21 was; see the context), unseen by me (who is not even remotely close to King David's exalted spiritual level that I could be granted visions of angels), might not have been "standing between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem" given the then/present level of acute insanity here (see above). I tried to picture this & got such a fright that I almost shuddered. Whenever there's a bad terrorist attack, like today, I think about this.

At times like this, I like to read Isaiah 65:16-25 for comfort.



Sigh .

When stuff like this happens & I wonder how the loving & merciful God that we all worship could have let it happened, I (as an orthodox Jew) remind myself that such as we shouldn't dare to try to read God's mind (so to speak) and presume to know why He allows this or that thing to happen. Deuteronomy 29:28 tells us that,



Very many things that are beyond our ken must be one of these, "secret things."

Whenever such disasters happen, I refer to Deut. 29:28, Psalm 131:1-2


,

Isaiah 55:9


,

and Job 38:2-4



to help prevent me from getting too big for my spiritual britches.


Last year, when terrorists in Kenya tried to shoot down an Israeli civilian airlinder as it was taking off from Mombasa's airport, many passengers on the plane reported feeling sudden, momentary turbulence as the missiles whooshed past the plane. One of our town's chief rabbis (we have two) said that the sudden turbulence they felt wasn't the terrorists' infernal devices whooshing past the plane, but an angel shoving the plane out of their way. As always, we must praise God for the miracles that He bestows on us, undeserving as we are.

I apologize for this rambling post. I thank everyone for listening.

Be well!

ssv

ssv,

My prayers are with you.

 

[Abstract Devotion]

Hi yall.... sighs...hellllpppppppppppppp



Theresa
savedbygwace@sbcglobal.net

 

[altya]

I made this thread a sticky

 

[Lbiagm]

hi peeps.