Preparing to be a Help Meet...

yI have a problem. When I am approached with the question, "Are you going to get a college degree when you are done with high school?" I always want to reply, "Why, yes, I am looking at getting a masters degree in Help Meet training." 

Do you know how many opinions I could get on this subject? Too many. That is why I never answer the way I truly want. (Dont get me wrong. I am not anti-college. It's simply not for me..) 

The question is, why aren't we looking at training more girls for their future careers as help meets? 

And also, why do so many women degrade this calling as lowly, lazy, counter-cultural, or a failure for young girls? It is, indeed, no such thing. How do I know? Well, just ask the husbands of these successful Help-Meets. Do they lie? 

I just finished reading "Preparing to be a Help Meet" by Debi Pearl. She is blessed with 40 years of a successful, help-meet career, and the wisdom that she has acquired over the years is quite beneficial. Her book is challenging, delightful, and enabling; whether or not you are college bound, married or unmarried. In her book, Debi touches on questions like: "What does a good guy really look for in a girl? Are you a Dreamer, Servant, or Go-to Gal? Do you know what to pray for your man-to-be? Should you tell a guy you like him? Can you know God's will in choosing a husband?"  (taken from the back cover.) 

Sound elementary? On the contrary. I am so glad I own it. I will most likely read, reference and quote it for years to come. 

love Rahel

Back to the Business of being Busy!

Boker Tov! Good Morning.... 

Dawn brought an air, today, that is so very crisp... 

The routine of work and that anxious feeling of wanting to accomplish ones task is beginning to step lightly. I wonder, with a slightly hesitant feeling of hope, at how much I will learn, accomplish and do to bless YHVH, this coming week... hmm. How do I begin? Where do I start?...

We have all been excited to see how September will play out. We all await the UN decision on

whether or not to create a Palestinian state. We all wonder at how Sukkot will unfold. Last night, I thought to 

myself, 'Do we wonder these things because we are looking for Messiah to return?' Just as the bride dares to hope for her bridegroom to come and take her to be his own, so too, we also hope for Messiah to allow these things to happen. (Not in vain, of course, but to bring Him back!) It's OK to admit that you DO hope He will come back. Dont swallow your expectation because you have so many times been disappointed.

YHVH gave me this verse, this morning...

 Please enjoy. May it encourage you this week, as we go back to the business of being busy! 

"And not only this, but we also exult in trials, knowing that pressure works endurance, and endurance approvedness; and approvedness, hope. And hope does not disappoint, because the love of Elohim has been poured out in our hearts by the Set-Apart Spirit which was given to us."

For the Peace of Jerusalem.

And for the return of Messiah.

(Which are, indeed, one in the same!)

Love Rahel