Whether one is planning to stay with relatives, escape to condo hotels in a tropical destination, whether road-trippin’ it or flying, here’s a brief prayer for all of us on the road this long weekend.
Blessed are you, Adonai our G-d,
King of the Universe
May you lead us through the dark valleys
May you guide is safely through the camps of our enemies
May you be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path
May you lead us beside still waters and restore our souls
Thank you, Adonai our G-d,
The G-d of Abraham, Issac and Jacob,
The L-rd G-d of Israel.
Worthy are you to receive blessing, honor, glory and power,
Thank you for Yeshua, our salvation and messiah,
Amen.
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A friend of my wife and me recently had her first child with her husband. It was born healthy and strong, as we all hope all children will be. The child is only a few weeks old and can’t get around by itself much just yet, but by New Year’s will definitely be reaching “amby baby” mode - crawling around and driving its new mom and dad batty with worry.
There is plenty to be inspired by within the miracle of birth. Just the fact that conception works at all is a mind-bogglingly complex biological process when one considers all that must go correctly just to bring one child from conception to birth successfully.
Scientists can drone on and on about biological imperatives and the necessity of reproduction and really, no matter how much they can explain the science behind it, drowning the listener in technical jargon, the truth is none of it ever really succeeds in grasping the complexity of the process or the pure, spiritual wonder of it.
And since science can only legitimately comment on what can be observed and measured, it never truly will.
Although it is not one of Adonai’s appointed feasts or festivals, I am grateful for the Thanksgiving holiday.
In this crazy, mixed-up world, Thanksgiving is one holiday that has a rather pure intent: it reminds us of the importance of being grateful for what we have, rather than coveting what we lack. When it comes to secular holidays, there’s not many others like it.
Christmas: Aside from the fact that it’s not really Yeshua’s birthday, but a celebration co-opted by Christianity that originally celebrated the birth of the Roman god Mithras, Christmas is really the term life insurance of holiday; it’s all quite temporary, covering your needs for a time but with an expiration date well in mind. It’s also a gimme holiday; in this case, gimme presents.
Halloween: Gimme candy or I’ll egg your car or TP your house and trees. One of the worst gimmes holidays.
Easter: Gimme candy and colored eggs!
So many holidays are about filling our unfulfilled wants and desires. Thanks Adonai that in at least one secular holiday, our country is reminded to say, “Thank you.”
Even if some don’t know who they ought to be thanking.
