What's in a Name?

I've been thinking lots about how important names are.  Mostly, I've been thinking about my Creator's name.  Do you know what it is?  It's YHVH, how do you say this?  Yod Hey Vav Hey...orYahweh.  God is not his name, that's who He is.  Lord is not His name, that's simply a title.  Interestingly Jesus isn't His name either! WHAT???  I know, that's what I thought too!  So I hope this brings into understanding that I'm not totally out to lunch for wanting to use my Savior's real name, Yahshua.  I honestly have no idea why the Christian church has taken out His name from most of the Bible and use the words Lord, Jesus, or God, this makes me sad to be perfectly honest.
  Here is a quote from someone on facebook that I thought made a lot of sense.

If you think the name isn't important, test that theory on your 'significant other'. In moments of love or passion, call them whatever you feel like and see what reaction you get. They'll know who you are talking to as you will be the only ones there. See how that works out for you. If they don't like it, imagine how HE feels.

Names aren't ...translated, they are transliterated. In Japan, they call me Mark, not a Japanese word.

If my name was Mr. White and I went to Spain, they would NOT call me Senior Blanco, they would call me Senior White. And everyone there would know I had an English name that means blanco.

Conversely, if my name was Senior Blanco and I came to America, y'all would NOT call me Mr. White. You would call me Mr. Blanco, though most of you wouldn't know (or care) what that means.

I find it interesting that 'they' didn't find it necessary to translate the evil one's name or a host of other vile or evil ideas or objects. The distortion seems oddly focused on pure and holy words.

It has recently been brought to my attention that YHWH didn't create the world with thought (although HE most certainly could have). HE used words to create. When we profane the words, we are profaning a tool HE created.

When we didn't know, we were forgiven, just like the children that we are. Once the truth is revealed to us, we no longer have an excuse only reasons. If those reasons are 'we didn't care' or 'we didn't feel it was important', I don't think that hand is gonna play out too well when HE returns.  by Mark Robbins

Some Prayers we are learning!

While learning about the Passover, we have decided to learn a few Hebrew prayers!  I absolutely LOVE the sound of the Hebrew language and am practicing lots to try to get the "ch" sound down pat...lol  I have a nasty speech impediment and can not do foreign languages very well...LOL  mind you I speak English quite fine, the "speech impediment" is only present when trying to roll my "r's" or making the "ch" sound as in "bach"...sigh...Anyhow, the first prayer we are learning is this one.

Before our meals:
Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha'olam,
hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz.

Which means, Thank You, God, for the blessing of bread and for the meal we will now enjoy together.

After our meals:
We are also learning this one.
Baruch Atah Adonai, hazan et hakol.

Which means, Thank You, God, Who provides our food.  Help us to share what we have, and to care for those who are hungry.

Now I'm no scholar, and I'm confused as to how such a short sentence in Hebrew can say all of that in English..sigh.  Perhaps, the English translation is the general gist of what the Hebrew words say...I WILL learn Hebrew...sigh...it's just very slow going!
I'm now off to youtube to find some of these prayers and see if they are in song format as we memorize better in song! lol
Shabbat Shalom!

Fear and Ignorance...

A Daring Prayer...

Some ramblings and a heavy heart....

So many thoughts rambling through this ole head of mine lately...which is almost too much to bear right now as I manage the house on my own with Jamie in Yellowknife for a month...we're only on day 6.  The kids all got nasty colds the day Jamie left, then I found out that Shyla and I have lice...sigh...so now that I'm behind in housework due to cuddling littles with snotty noses and spending hours picking through Shyla's hair and "trying" to pick through mine...my brain won't shut off long enough for me to try to focus on any one thing constructive.

It would be nice to be magic every once and awhile...however, I CAN at least think while doing housework, I just might forget what I'm doing though and start a whole bunch of jobs and not finish anything! sigh...
I'm going a little crazy without my man too right now...he is SUCH a stress reliever...just being able to talk with him about different thoughts and how he's been having the same thoughts, but our thoughts come from different sources usually...mine from Scripture and his from Alex Jones....lol  well at least we're mostly on the same page! haha

I've been really frustrated lately with how blind I've been in the past and how my lack of Bible reading kept me blinded.  Yes, I used to be one of those Christians that just listened to the weekly portion of Scripture and then man's idea of what it all means, and to be quite honest, people can totally misinterpret the Bible so easily just by reading it from a Greek mindset instead of a Hebrew mindset in which it was written!  It's astonishing how much more Paul's letters are making sense, when I read them from a Hebrew point of view and also taking into account the culture of that time as well!  Getting out from under man's doctrine has been the best thing I could have ever done.  I am forever grateful for being raised with the knowledge I DO have of the Bible...but sad that it's so steeped in tradition.



I respect this man as a true prophet.  He doesn't aim to please man but share what is on Yahweh's heart.  The music is annoying...but the message is awesome!

Rosh HaShanah!!!

Nope...I don't have my timing wrong...lol The new moon should be siting in Jerusalem at dusk this evening and because the barley is ripe in Jerusalem this means it's the Biblical New Year! Check this out! We live in very interesting times!

http://www.michaelroodministries.com/happynewyear.html

another interesting site is this one!

http://www.karaite-korner.org/

And a video that helps to understand Yahweh's Calendar of Events...

http://www.torahteachers.com/the-jonah-code-full-version-michael-rood/

and a blog about the New Year!

Wholehearted family

Our First Passover!

What an exciting time! We have learned that the barley is ripe (abib) in Jerusalem and this is the sign that is needed to start the new Biblical year! (Exodus 12, 34:18, Leviticus 23, Deuteronomy 16:1) And if you read any of those verses I just referenced, you will know that on the 14th day of the 1st month we are to celebrate the Passover and then on the next night the 15th we are to celebrate the week long Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Now just as the Israelites were to get rid of all the leaven in their homes during this time...we will also be getting rid of all the leaven in our home..baking soda, baking powder and yeast. But going even further, we will be examining our hearts and getting rid of the leaven (hidden sins) in our hearts and will be teaching our children this important part of these Feasts and the importance of making things right between family members. This is a common custom during "Communion" in the church...unfortunately the church has added to the Scriptures by doing this weekly or monthly instead of yearly.

Part of getting rid of the leaven in our home will include finally purging the Christmas items as well as any unclean food. We are careful not to eat unclean meat, but I will be going through our pantry and finding all the items with hidden unclean-ness...like jello and marshmallows (they have horse in it!! gross!). So off to the library to try and find a book to help me keep the Biblical dietary instructions.
Interestingly enough the Rabbi's of old added to these instructions and Yahshua (Jesus) talks to them about this in Mark 7...Here is a good article written by Tim Hegg, Did God Change His Mind About Food?.

And here is a quick list of clean and unclean foods for those interested.

What a good way to start the Biblical year eh? Examining our hearts for hidden sin and making things right with people. This feels so much better and fruitful than the tradition of New Year's Resolutions that often set us up for failure!!