I know I have not been blogging for a long while. I just have been quite busy as God shifted my season. I am no longer in the long winter but I have entered into spring. It was a long awaited change. I will update more about what I have been busy with recently but today I just wanted to commemorate my blog 12th anniversary. It has been 12 years.
I have not been consistent with my posting this year but I promise to be posting more in the days to come. There has been a wealth of revelation that I received in the past months. So yes I will be unloading these nuggets bit by bit in time to come. Meanwhile I just would like to thank God for 12 good years of this writing ministry.
It was interesting that this date falls in the week of the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkoth. So this calls for double celebration. During this Feast of Tabernacles the Jews would make booths and stay in them to remember the days of wilderness.
The Jews are told to rejoice and celebrate the entire week. Have a good feast. The words “be only joyful” can also be read as “to rejoice,” which tells us that we are to do things that cause us to “rejoice,” which, by extension, will lead to “be only joyful.” Such as taking time off work, coming together with family and the community, putting a smile on the faces of the poor and downtrodden.
The Jews will buy new clothes, get the best meat and wine they can afford, buy their wives a gift and get kids some treats. It is acts like this that will put us, and those around us, in a better mood…a holiday mood. Emphasise the material and the physical in honour of the holiday, and you will feel a bit more spiritual. Laugh, dance, music, the works!
On Sukkoth the Jews are required to eat elaborate meals every day of the holiday and celebrate to the best of our ability. When they celebrate Sukkoth, they should remind ourselves of all the blessings God bestows upon them and arouse within ourselves a post-Yom Kippur repentance through indulgence.
