The Moments to Cherish.
Oh how sweet it is to hear a child singing or humming. This happens in my home often…in it’s own unique and very beautiful way.

Here I am in my office and my teenage daughter is in her bedroom. Her door is open, she is crocheting and listening to Bach or some classical music (I can’t tell which composer)…and she is humming in her sweet, sweet voice, it sounds so joyful and very mature.  I love it!

It has warmed my heart on this dreary day.

Another blessing that came my way today was an email from my 16-year-old son who is in the family room right now. He sent me this message out of the blue saying “I love you mom”.

These experiences often cause me to remember times when I was younger, it brings alive the memories of my mom and the seeds that she planted in my heart along the way. I can see that those very tiny seeds have flowered and gone to seed in the next generation, my children, bringing into view a most beautiful garden that is just ripening into a wonderful harvest to come.

I can see it in my mind as though it was yesterday, my mom would wake up some mornings and exclaim with such enthusiasm and awe the beauty of the Morning Glories that were growing just outside the door in the back yard. She would take a deep breath and say “Oh just look at those beautiful flowers, aren’t they somethin’ else”. Her appreciation of these little flowers engraved and nurtured a love in me for the beauty of our Heavenly Father’s creation.

Our home was a humble one to say the least and we didn’t have much but my mom never complained, she would be around the house doing whatever duties had to be done with 8 children. Even though she was worn out, she would sing or hum praises to her Creator. I remember often we would all be singing with her from the hymnal and even though we did not have a Christian upbringing, per se, she would get us singing right along. We would change our voices and try to imitate the various parts from singers we’ve heard before, which made it fun, especially when we were small children trying to sing bass.

When I finally gave my life to The Self-Existent One, The Anointed Messiah , I was already into my forties, yet all of these good memories began to flood my mind and the songs came bursting forth from my mouth. The love, joy and the mercy that are poured upon me at times like this have taught me many things. The importance of what we do and the memories that we decide to create in our children as well as the people around us just may be the catalyst that changes a life one day.

My children have inherited the harvest of that fruit and seeds that my mom innocently planted in the soft soil of my heart so long ago. One nourishing memory that grew healthy fruit within me and ultimately has been passed on to my children is… laundry.

With 8 children in the house you can well imagine my mom had more than her share of laundry to do. She had a ringer washer and there was an old chair with rungs, it had the back broken off at some point and she used that as a stool to place the huge metal rinse tub on. Once the clothes were washed she would put them through the ringers, fall into the rinse tub, then get wrung out again ending up into the basket. The next step was to hang them on the clothesline. This was quite a chore in the wintertime.  Unlike our friends and neighbors we had no dryer so we would open the kitchen window where the clothesline was attached to the corner of the house and standing on a chair we would reach out the window to hang the clothes in the freezing cold, sometimes reaching as low as 35 below zero. This was so funny for us children because when we brought the clothes back in they were frozen stiff. Well being the kids that we were, we started to laugh and stand the pants up in a line and play around with these animated, rigid garments, dancing and twirling until they melted and their “life” was gone from them. My mom would laugh right along with us and I am sure that this was a release from the obvious toil and strain that we all experienced with the struggles of everyday life.

The imprints of these events have left a lasting impression on my mind. It doesn’t matter how much we have, or even what we have… what matters is what we choose to do with it. Even though my mom did not have much of an education, she was so very wise.  She knew enough to allow herself to be an instrument of YAH/GOD and as such she taught us to appreciate, even the most simple basic beauties in life and to make the best of every situation, by her example. She also taught us that if we would sing praises to our Creator HE in turn fills us with the strength to go forward no matter how tough the road seems.

In memory of my mom I would like to say,… thank you mom for loving GOD/YAH in our sight and being a living example of “giving thanks in all things”. It has made a right way for your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to follow. You have been a virtuous woman mom in your own way.

I can do all things through CHRIST which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13

My mom, Mrs. Doris.E. Slater, passed away 07-07-07 . Her favorite verse was Phil 4:13 and a very applicable one for this little 4′ 9″ woman…her laugh, her love and her innocent ways have been a great strength to those who wish to see it and reap from it.

 

Jeremiah 17:7-8 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Trusting in the Creator of the universe Who is the life giving force that brings us through all our trials.; listening to His still small voice and yielding to His leading enables us to have that trust which fills our veins with courage to shoot forth our branches as a tree and to allow the seedlings to fall where they may, to grow and flourish.

When do I hear the sweetness of His still small voice? I hear Him when I am engaged in rote activity such as washing dishes, which requires little or no thought or when it’s tranquil like when I’m in the garden early in the morning, or late at night when I am in bed thinking and silently praying, or in my quiet time of reading His Word. 

Sometimes, while I am driving, it seems I am on automatic pilot and impressions from Creator flood my mind and His voice is so profound and clear to me that I hear myself talking to Him out loud. This happened one time in particular while I was driving out to my sister’s house which was located in a little country hamlet about a two hour drive from my place I was making the trip once a week so that she and I could do Bible studies together. 

My sister “P” loves deeply and is passionate about all that she does. When she decides to do something, she is unstoppable. She has tremendous strength and can be a true powerhouse especially when she is focused in a productive and positive way. She was determined to learn and to study so it was my pleasure to make the drive every week to study with her. I was always extremely blessed by our visits and I will forever treasure it as a wonderful, rewarding experience. However, at the time I was going through some heartaches of my own with some of my teenagers.  My  second oldest daughter had decided to leave home while she was still very young and, in my mind, innocent and fragile.  I felt she was not ready to go and her exit from the home was neither gentle nor agreeable. 

As I was driving down the quiet, country road to my sister’s house, thoughts of my daughter were continually going through my mind and I was praying constantly for her. Spirit began impressing on my heart, and I felt a resonance inside me, it was Him saying to me, “Heather, children are like water.” I said, “What!? Children are like water?” Then I heard again, “Heather, children are like water.” “If you hold your hands just so, in such a way as to form a bowl, just like trying to hold water – you can hold onto them for a little while.”  My tears started flowing as I heard the Spirit in my mind, saying… “If you hold them too tightly and close your hands they will be gone out of your hands…and fall to the ground.” I said, groaning and crying “Oh Father I am so sorry, so sorry! I didn’t mean to hold on too tight.”  Memory vignettes were flashing through my mind as I would recall all the times that I had been too hard on her, all the times that I made the mistakes of holding on too tightly, now the tears were flowing so hard and I was crying out loud. 

Then Spirit said to me in that still, small voice, “Heather, if you hold on too loosely the water will slip through your fingers and fall to the ground.”  With this my crying subsided and I thought, “Oh, that’s right!  There were times when I did let go, and there were times that I held on… maybe I just didn’t have the right balance.”  The thought persisted, “Maybe I had to open my hands gently into a proverbial bowl or vessel in order to cradle her and allow her to be, open, drinking in the sunshine and the world around her and yet held with boundaries around her so that she knew where the edges were.” 

I tried to compose myself, as I was now pulling up to my sister’s home. The two hour drive went by so quickly and I felt I wanted to stay in the Presence learning from Spirit as long as possible, however, I went into my sister’s house and shared with her what Spirit has shown me.  I spent the next couple of hours with her doing our Bible study and then left again for the drive home. 

As I was driving back home, I began thinking about the events of the day and going over all of it in my mind again, thanking and praising the Self-Existent One for all that He had taught and shown me that day.  Once I had gone over all of this in my mind, I again heard Spirit say to me, “Heather children are like water.” I responded, “Yes, I know; thank You for teaching me this.” Then I heard again, “Heather, children are like water… if you hold your hands just so, like a bowl, you will be able to hold onto them for a little while; if you hold on too tightly they will be forced out and fall to the ground.” As I heard this the tears began to flow once more and I asked why He was telling me this again, I had already repented. Then He said to me, “If you hold on too loosely they will fall through your fingers, out of your hands and be gone.” I continued crying and saying, “Thank You, Father for revealing this to me, help me to do better in the future.”

I knew that since I have two children left at home under my guidance, He was telling me this again for their benefit. Then Spirit said to me, “Heather, don’t be worried for your daughter.  The water that falls to the ground will fall on the seeds that you have planted.”  At this I burst into tears again except this time they were tears of joy and gratitude.

I knew He was saying that all the good I had done, all the times I had spoken of Him, exalting His name, being an example, reading the Scriptures and singing. All of these things were going to grow in her and she would turn out to be like a tree planted by the River of water. 

That day I knew I had been in the presence of Creator of heaven and earth; the waters, mountains and all living creatures!!  …even now I am at His feet listening and learning. 

I pray that this will bless you and encourage you…and I hope that this gives you an understanding of what I mean when I say “Hearing is sweet”. 

Be inspired…

 

You may have noticed that on my signature in the “about ” section I have 2 quotes. One quote is from Attorney Richard Humpal. This quote states that 

When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth he will either quit being mistaken or cease being honest. Attorney Richard Humpal

The reason that this quote is so powerful to me is because I have had many experiences that have taught me that there are many men (and women) who are seemingly honest, when they find that they have been honestly mistaken, they cease being honest. I have come to discover the hard way that it is more often than not that a person will cease being honest. It is a sad fact…we must diligently be judging ourselves, and continually be asking for the eyes to see and the ears to hear lest we become deaf and blind to our own estate. When I was in my early 30″s I heard a man named Leo Buscaglia talk and he said that when he was young he was told, if you get too big for your britches they will split. I never forgot that. This is the problem, when people get too big for their britches and they split, they fight like mad to cover up and deny it. Instead of saying ooops I need help here, I have been too proud or what have you.  

I pray that the Father of us all will keep a watch over my mouth and my fingers as I type these blogs. I pray that He will keep me from getting “too big” and that He will do as the Scripture saith:

Proverbs 30:8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9  Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Thank You Father for your mercy and Your blessings.

Heather

Ezekiel 36:8  But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
9  For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
10  And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
11  And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD, [THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE, YAH.]

Ezeliel 36:25  ¶Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27  And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28  And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
29  I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
30  And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

When I prayed and sought the Creator YAH/GOD, the SELF-EXISTENT ONE, I Asked Him if I should be working at my business or should I leave it, I asked for clear guidance as to what I was to do, I asked that He also clean me and give me a new heart. I poured out my heart to Him and also asked that He would give me a passage that I would know what His will is and that He would help me to understand. These passages above are what He led me to. I have since prayed again and He has given me the same answer. Therefore it is my belief that He has given me permission to do the business that I am doing and to glorify His name with it. 

I serve HIM Who created the heavens and the earth by the breath of His mouth everything came into existence and He is in control of everything that I do.

Praise the SELF-EXISTENT ONE, YAH all ye nations, praise Him all ye people, for His merciful kindness is great toward us and the Truth of the SELF-EXISTENT ONE, YAH/ HAYAH endureth forever Praise YAH.                                             

Hearing is sweet.

Revelation 2:7  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God Yah, the Eternal, Self Existing One, HAYAH.

It is my intention to share what Yah is doing in my life and to share what truths I have discovered through word studies of the Scriptures. I am a servant of the Eternal, Self Existent One and therefore I have a desire to share the truths from the Scriptures for all who are yearning to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.

I am fallible and am continually learning and growing. He is shaping me into the vessel that He has destined me to be. As I have the time and the ability I will share and update this blog. As I am a continual student of the Creator, I am looking for others who want truth and are willing to be students with me, so that we may share and sharpen each other.

I do not declare to have all wisdom or knowledge, I am only dust and will use what I have been given to speak out, to blow the trumpets of praise, and the trumpets of warning.

May The Eternal Yah be praised and His name lifted up above all else.