Thought for Today: Shabbat May 28:

May YHVH Himself release fresh faith and perspective into your soul! May He strengthen you and establish your steps. May He surround you with good friends who fear Him and who loves you. May He give you fresh vision for your future and divine wisdom for stewarding your now moments. May the song in your heart ring louder than the enemy’s threads and accusations. There is no-one like our Elohim and there is nothing like His Love for you!

I don't have friends because, these days, most people are flakey and self-serving and I've quit tolerating fair-weathered relationships so I'm going to vent here...
I'm so worn down. We just came home from a trip to Kentucky (17 hours from our home in New Jersey), to visit my husband's best friend, yesterday at 5am. We came home to a MESS! I expected the cat mess. However, my MIL lives with us because she's dependent (due to her own choices, not a situation out of her control) and my husband doesn't want her living on her own. Because I wasn't here to check on her daily, she neglected to clean up behind herself, creating more work for me when I returned. In addition to an exhausting week away from home without running water, inconsistent toilet access (we stayed in his camper without water hookup and made due with potty seat and jugs of water), less than pleasant weather and not getting a full night's sleep the entire week, we also had a rough trip home. We'd attempted to book a hotel and that didn't work out so we drove through.
Upon arriving home, we got another bill from my 5-year-old's 13-hour hospital tour about a month ago. We're now up to about $3,500 and still waiting for bill's from the first hospital and two ambulance rides. She's fine now, she'd swallowed a nickel that her 6-year-old brother put in her mouth, it lodged into her wind pipe and then she coughed and it lodged into her esophagus. Today, we overslept (which never happens, I'm up between 6 and 6:30 daily) and were late to our chiropractor appointments, where we got hit with over $600 in necessary payments that I'd lost track of timing on. We got home after grocery shopping to a notification that our auto insurance was scheduled for cancellation because my auto-pay got messed up last month and they didn't notify me until it was due to be cancelled. As I explained to the delightful lady at the insurance company, I don't even need fewer punches, I just need them to slow down a bit. Let me catch up on laundry and dishes before everything piles on, right? Haha!

On the up side, we finally replaced our leaf blower today, after years of not having one, and were able to get the back yard cleaned up (it was BAD) before our major thunderstorm so it was delightful to watch Yah cleanse the yard. I also managed to get my desk area of my bedroom entirely rearranged and am now able to use my desk, which was much-needed for a little me-space. I realized at 8:04PM that today is Friday. Lol. I mentioned to my husband that the house is a mess because I'd forgotten about Sabbath Prep with all of the chaos of coming home. He immediately called the kids in and assigned them quick tasks (clean up the bathroom, tidy your space) so we can relax tomorrow. He even made us protein burgers and fries for a late dinner. My husband is pretty great!

Tonight is 42 Days in the counting of the Omer. This is the last portion for the book of Leviticus. Next week we begin Deuteronomy.

May 28, 2022
TORAH PORTION OF THE WEEK: “IN MY STATUTES”
PARASHAH: "B'CHUKOTAI" בחוקתי
Leviticus 26:3-27:34
HAFTORAH PORTION
Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
BRIT HADASHAH PORTION
Matthew 22:1-14

Painting "Kissing the Mezuzah" by Ana Dolorosa, image courtesy of https://anadstpaul.tumblr.com/....post/121267572914/ki (Leviticus 27:14-15 is about dedicating a house. Today's idea of dedicating a house can be done by affixing a mezuzah to the doorpost and reciting a blessing during a housewarming party.)

When the sun goes down and Shabbat begins it will be day 35 of 50 days to Shavu'ot.

Exodus 31
13“
‘My Sabbaths you are to guard,
for it is a signa between Me and you
17‘Between Me and the children of Yisra’ĕl it is a sign forever.

In this video, G. Steven Simons brings to light amazing similarities between the original Shavu‘ot at Mt Sinai in the wilderness and the new covenant Shavu‘ot described in the second chapter of the book of acts. He brings to light powerful truths of the great benefits of being filled with the spirit of YAH and encourages every believer to be immersed in the Spirit of YAH and empowered with supernatural gifts for ministry. This truly is an eye-opening teaching.

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In this new mass-exodus of public schooling, I feel like I'm an old-soul in homeschooling and don't quite fit in.
These days, there seem to be more parents engulfed in busyness and filling their day replacing public school with public school at home. Whether it be forcing their 4-6 year old children into rigid, all-day curriculum or packing their children's day so busy that they barely have time to breathe, let alone time to develop proper coping skills for their day-to-day situations. So many families we've met, in the past two years, are comprised of dads who aren't involved in raising their kids, moms who are comparing and judging other moms and kids who are lost in the mix of disengaged parents.
I miss the days of homeschool families who band together to help one another to raise well-rounded kids in a complete, supportive family situation. I miss being able to find like-minded families in which our children could find friends.

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A 3 day weekend sounds pretty good right about now.

Shabbat Shalom Triumph In Truth extended family worldwide. This Shabbat will be the fifth Sabbath in the seven Sabbaths to Shavu'ot.