This meme says a lot in a few words. Going through the journey of retrospection during this month causes us to take a look in the rear-view mirror and wonder…..what if. What if I had done this…or that…or said this…or that? Questions that have no answers. But in looking back, we can also see clearly how each and every decision…
This is the month of reflection….introspection….decisions. However, this year..this year… it’s a real strange one for me, even though I’ve been going through this journey for almost forty years. After beginning my ‘search for truth’ way back in my days of Catholicism, and then landing in the middle of a ‘back to the beginning’ spiritual movie. But…this year. This year….
During this ‘custom‘ created centuries ago as a way to be ready to approach the fall feast days, given to us by the Creator Himself, every one of us need to bow our knee and search our hearts. Summer is coming to a close and Fall is fast approaching. The last several Feast Days of the Lord – Rosh HaShannah,…
Is it an End or a Beginning? Elul is, well, BOTH! It is the ending of a year gone by and opens the heavenly portal of the year which will soon begin. According to tradition the focus of the month of Elul is to begin taking an account of our past deeds and to prepare ourselves emotionally, physically and spiritually…
Have you been taking this season – the season of Elul – to inspect yourself? Yes, that’s what I said, INSPECT YOURSELF! If you are not aware of it, or if you are new to walking in the journey of the fullness of the word, then this is the month that we take time to ready ourselves before the fall…
So what does that actually mean? If you ‘fit in’ doesn’t that mean you belong?! Well, not really … let’s explore that a little bit. FITTING IN …. well, if you take a group of people and you want to ‘fit in’ than you have to evaluate the people you want to fit in with – right? You glance at…