The Greatest Gift: Family

This day I am very excited to be writing this blog. In all honesty, my heart does not scream "write a blog."  I really am not fully motivated to create something that I believe will benefit the reader, but I am motivated to put to paper the happiness I feel for these past couple of weeks that have been so challenging that I wonder why I even think I have something that merits reading from the populace. (If you check the grammatical and syntax and structure, that last sentence is soooo wrong!) [Editor's note: You ain't kidding!! =/ ] 

In the last couple of weeks I have spent time with family. We all know that we spend time with family every Shabbat and with each class and in all the events; then, there comes a time when we get to enjoy the true delight of the namesake: the family that does not really understand or accept where we are in the Word and why we are here. Let’s not forget; for most of us, we are as guilty as those that came before us and taught us as truth the distortions that we now denounce as misguided efforts. Our kindred are experiencing the same thing.

A couple of weeks ago my son and grandson, age 14, came to visit for a few days… it was a time of chatting, learning and gaining insight where we all are in the spectrum of life. I enjoyed being taught the latest tech tips to help me learn about the latest technology. Then, this week, my other son and my two granddaughters came for a few days visit. The girls are age nine and seven (rounded off of course) and they are very “nine” and very “seven”. What a delight. They enjoyed the latest technology in operation that I just learned from the teenaged technologist only two weeks prior. Yeah! Laugh out loud! The young will teach the old.

So, the house is now quiet; the dogs are lost without the stimulus of being pampered, and resumed their role of pleasing the ‘rents; and I am blissfully drained.

With that said; I went back to business as usual and picked up with “gotta’ get it done” list: the problem of not enough line pressure in the water; the cabinets have to be moved this week; the freezer will remain in the room but against the other wall; so take down three cabinets and find a way to make them part of the new floor to ceiling closet; get the drains open on both lavatories and do something with the uneven stones on the walk way; while you are at it, don’t forget there are only about thirty days to Sukkot and the community showers must be reworked with new fixtures and CPVC aside from getting a schedule for maintenance while we are preparing to leave as soon as Sukkot is over for a long awaited vacation (it’s been ten years). It doesn’t end. That endless list "guarantees" me life forever on this planet, but I want to go home!

Yah, I love this stuff. Thank You for granting me the few days to spend with my grandchildren and my children. And thank You ever so much in granting me the privilege to serve You under all circumstances. Your blessings are beyond measure. I am truly delighted and I will add this: thank You for providing those who where here when I was unable to attend for a full year. I wonder how they ever did it all. I am grateful that they did. Just think, they are still speaking to me this day. What an awesome family!

Learning that I can not do it all has been very humbling; Learning that it all can be done without me humbles me to my knees! Father, thank You for including me in Your rehearsal for Your Kingdom. I pray to never ever let You down. 

In Y’shua’s mighty and glorious name, Amein!

Pinchas

aka, Frankly Speaking All The Time