February 15, 2018

Greetings My Friend,

I am in Exodus right now and this book along with other parts of the OT can be very detailed with how the Tabernacle, later the Temple, laws for the Israelite's to live by can be very detailed, which in turn can be hard to absorb. Some years I skim these sections, other years I may not read them and still other years see me attempting to read each detail. On occasion I find pictures that give an example of the various in depth descriptions and more recently I also am attempting to look at the maps from time to time. When I can read through, look at the pictures and maps I begin to have a better understanding of what God is teaching the Israelite's. One lesson that comes back to me time and time again is that God is in the details of life, my life, the world's happenings etc. When I absorb that God is the details of my life I am in awe. He wants me to bring my small concerns to Him just as much as the major concerns. For a couple of years God has been teaching me to put up a years worth of food much like people who live off grid or farmer's do. Since I have little to no training with preserving food I have had to learn how to do so. I am grateful for the internet because at my fingertip's I have been able to learn how to dehydrate much of our fruits and vegetables, I have also learned how to freeze green beans, we buy meat from the butcher, sometimes from the meat packing plant and it feels good to see that when the weather is too bad to go out we are in good shape. I learned how to bake bread, make cake from scratch and in the process our diet is very good with little to no processed food. Some of the putting up of food has made me learn to expand my mind which helps me be able to process my thoughts etc. As my health has gotten a bit better one tiny step at a time God has shown me how to be active to do housework, work in the yard and find ways to walk to be more physically fit. Just as God taught the Israelite's how to rely on Him in the desert for 40 years He is also teaching me how to grow old, stay healthy and be active for work in kingdom building. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet