Donna’s Pilgrimage - on the road to beautiful

The fast has ended. It was just what I needed to slow down and simplify some things. I also spent a good deal of time sutudying the teachings of a Messianic rabbi that is a friend of a friend. Wow! I’ve been expanded! Harvey’s teachings give me so much to think about, and they make sense of so many things Jesus said and did. (I think it was John Wimber that said every three years we should forget everything we’ve learned about the Bible/God/Jesus, and start over fresh with no preconceived ideas.)
Re-entry, though, has been a bit rough. I want my solitude back; I’m jealous for it. (I realized on the way home from D.C. today that I haven’t really taken the time to enjoy the beauty all around me.) Already others have been allowed to dictate my priorities, and my schedule.
I used to guard my time. I need to do that again…to decide what’s really important and put my energies there. Not do things just because I can. To step back and let go. ( Mothers usually have a hard time with that one….)

We went to the Feast of Tabernacles at El Shaddai in Frederick on Sat. What an amazing celebration! Paul Wilbur led worship. We have one of his cd’s, and love his worship music. We assumed, (that always gets us into trouble), that he was a young man, and he’s older than I am!!!!!
Dancing was a big part of the worship. I loved it. Not only the women, but the men danced…and the children danced, and danced, and danced.
I want to know more….more about what the Jewish people practice and believe…more Hebrew, and , yes, Dan, my interest in Aramaic has also been piqued. I’m beginning to see how little I really understand contextually, historically.
There’s a woman in our church who studied with a rabbi to learn the “basics”, and I’ve been bugging her to share the wealth.
She’s taught the book of Genesis before, and I’d like her to do it again. Anybody else interested?
Maybe I have this hunger because our trip to Israel is less than a month away, I don’t know, but it’s there, and I’m going with it. Anybody care to go along?