This is our second week meeting during the evening in the middle of the week. Last Shabbat, though, Justin took Mickala to visit his brother who is in prison for probation violations. I was home with the 3 younger kids so it wasn't too restful of a Shabbat for me. LOL.
We did get to watch VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush on Netflix. I was looking for something about Samson since the Haftarah last week was from Judges about Samson and Delilah because of the Torah portion section about the Nazarite vow. The VeggieTales story was the only thing about Samson in the kids part of Netflix instant.
I am especially thankful for this Shabbat at home because Justin is working overtime tomorrow. This is our only day all home as a family this weekend, so it is especially important that we have this day of rest at home today. :)
It is very fulfilling to join with my husband as he teaches on Shabbat mornings while we fellowship with like-minded believers, but doesn't necessarily make for a very restful Shabbat for this Mama. Summers are so busy that it is nice to have our Shabbats open with just family time. Meeting during the week is a blessing. We really only changed it because the location where we meet changed their open hours on Saturdays and didn't fit our needs anymore for that day so we decided to switch to meeting on a weekday evening in the same location.
We love to camp, so last month we camped three weekends in a row. The first two weekends, we camped nearby because we had fellowship to attend on Shabbat morning. It was exhausting to get up and go and come back. Meeting during the week will mean we aren't pulled in so many directions at once on Shabbats. The third weekend was very relaxing and fulfilling, as it was Shavuot weekend so we had a double Shabbat fellowshipping with wonderful people from another fellowship. It was still exhausting by the time we got home, because with camping three weekends in a row, we were going pretty much non-stop for 3 full weeks. Taking this weekend to just stay home and relax is very nice and very important.
We are gearing up for Eddie Chumney coming in next weekend, so it is nice to have a Shabbat at home with nothing this week. :) So excited to spend next Shabbat with our favorite teacher (Eddie), our long time mentor (Justin's old youth pastor, Matt Dillon), and many like-minded believers!! Including children, there will be about 55 people at the conference next Shabbat. My awesome husband has been doing a fantastic job putting everything together for bringing Eddie in! That is another reason why I delight in this Shabbat, as I have been cooking non-stop all week for the conference and will do more tomorrow. By the time I am done with cooking and packing the beginning of the week, I am sure I will be just as ready for next Shabbat as I was for today. This week I have cooked 4lbs of spaghetti, 1lb of macaroni, 5 dozen muffins, 6lbs of chicken, 2 loaves of banana bread, 1 loaf of ww bread, and 1 dozen cookies for the conference and pattied 10lbs of hamburger into 65 patties. Tomorrow I start with 65 hamburger buns, 36 hotdog buns, 5 more kinds of cookies, 2 more lbs of spaghetti, 2 pies, and a few dozen tortillas. Then the packing begins...whew, glad it is Shabbat so I don't have to do any of that today. ;)
Shabbat shalom!!
Isa 58:13-1 4"If you do turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My set-apart day, and shall call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the set-apart day of יהוה ‘esteemed,’ and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you shall delight yourself in יהוה. And I shall cause you to ride on the heights of the earth, and feed you with the inheritance of Yaʽaqoḇ your father. For the mouth of יהוה has spoken!"
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