The Portion of my Inheritance

The weather has been so confusing! We get one or two days of 70 plus weather, then we get hit with an arctic blast and we get iced in. So it went from this . . . .                          

to this . . . .   in just a few days.

Being grateful for the amazing weather on the day I had Aria, we took full advantage of it and had lunch under our favorite tree.           

Her eating, and me reading (and taking pictures).             

We have been working our way through the amazing book, One Wintry Night by Ruth Bell Graham.            

At the end of each chapter she begs me to go on, “read one more mammy!” 

Then I can only hear silence, and I turn to look . . . . . . . .  

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.  Psalm 37:7a

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On this Tuesday our conversation went something like this:

Aria–“Riley has sugar ants in her house. They like sugar.”

Mammy–“Wow, I guess I’m a sugar ant.”

Aria–“Well . . . I’m a sugar human.”                  

The view from the insect glasses.

Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”  Genesis 1:28

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We made our way slowly. This was our new adventure.             

We took our time, stopping to take pictures of the beautiful fall trees and to take advantage of the amazing weather.      

She picked her favorite flower for me, a dandelion . . .      

and there is always time for wishes.      

Then we were on our way.       

Inside we were greeted by one of our favorite people.  Nelda is the Librarian at our local Library and the one that encouraged me to bring Aria to get a library card.                

Aria spent time looking around at all the wonderful sights and displays.             

Then she paused for a few minutes to show Nelda her ballet moves.          

(and yes her shoes are on the wrong feet)  so we pause again.         

Then back to the business of filling out forms for the library card.   

And finally, mammy and Aria have new Library cards!          

It is now time to shop around the Library.        

With help from our dear friend Nelda and with much searching and digging we sat at a table and looked over our treasures.               

With our choices made we found our way to the check out desk.     

And we made our way home to an afternoon of reading and reading and reading.           

Thank you Nelda!!            

Wise people store up knowledge.  Proverbs 10:14a

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Some of my most treasured times are the Tuesday afternoons I spend with Aria.     

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.”     John 4:34

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The Feast of the Tabernacles is upon us.                        

So on our special day Aria and mammy spent our afternoon reading about Sukkot and preparing to celebrate it during our time together.   We are both learning together about the different Jewish feast and holidays. Looking deeper into the eyes of our Lord and understanding more of Him and His ways.

Gumps built us a sukkah and it was set up and ready for Aria when she arrived at mammy’s house.         

We ate our lunch in our sukkah.           

Tomorrow night we will celebrate with our church family, but for today Aria and I celebrate this feast . . . . just the two of us.

“Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year:  You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before Me empty); and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.   Exodus 23:14-16

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“Mammy, I am starved!” Aria expressed to her mammy as she rubbed her tummy.         

“Do you know WHY I am so hungry?” she asked me with her eyebrows raised? 

“No, why are you so hungry?”   I asked, very eager to know why my little kindergartener was so famished. 

“It’s because of my teacher. She did not give us a good snack today.”            

“Mammy, do you know what she gave us for a snack?”     

“Two crackers! That’s it! Just TWO!”  She held up two little fingers to press her point home.  

And she gobbled up her lunch!

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good: Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Psalm 34:8

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Our first Tuesday together was perfect timing! Just in time to make challah and learn about Rosh Hashanah.       

So Aria and I set out to make the scrumptious Jewish bread.   She made her own little loaf of challah.  She kneaded her bread and worked hard along side her mammy.         

While the bread was rising, she made a Rosh Hashanah mobile.

Carefully choosing the perfect color for each picture.

Then, cutting out each picture and using a hole punch to make a hole so she could string it to the mobile.

DONE!

She made two Shana Tova greeting cards to give away at the feast.   

We listened to the sounds of a Shofar being blown on you tube, and then it was time to work on our challah again.    

She kneaded the bread again, then made three long snake like pieces to braid around the outside of the challah.

Soon, it was ready and we set it on the oven once again to rise some more.     

Aria had her bread with her dinner, but mammy’s bread is to be eaten at the Feast of the Trumpets.

She did an awesome job making her challah and it tasted  y-u-m-m-y!  Everyone was happy with the results, especially Aria!

Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.  1 Cor.  5:8

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