Our weather has been - well - harsh. First the flooding then the winds then the 2' of snow that stayed around for over a week and now we're back to wind. The wind storm that is expected to hit us tonight is going to top the previous wind storms so we expect to be without power yet again, maybe for a few days. Perfect for Hanukkah. :) It'll make the candles a LOT brighter and emphasize the point of "letting our light shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father Who is in heaven" and "a city on a hill cannot be hidden" (Matthew 5).

I have had a lot I have wanted to write about in the last few weeks but between power outages and weather damage and now weather preparation, I just haven't had time.

So to those of you who keep Hanukkah, Hag Hanukkah Sameach! We'll be celebrating The Light of the World (John 8:12) with you and remembering that the Master thought it was a worthy enough event that He traveled from the Galilee region, where He spent the majority of His ministry, to Jerusalem (John 10:22-30), something He only did at the major festivals. While He was there, He told the people that He IS the Messiah. Significant things! We'll be celebrating a standard of holiness and righteousness that does not leave room for compromise and how to strive to live in such a way - to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12). We'll be living out our anticipation of His return as we study the 10 virgins (Matthew 25), who is ready and who is not, and we'll assess what kind of bride we are as we wait for His return. We'll be studying about how Y'shua told us that the days of the Maccabees will be repeated in the end, but maybe in a spiritual sense because Scripture does include the statement, "Let the reader understand the allusion" with His statements in Matthew 24 and Mark 13. There is more, but the lights are flashing and I want to get this posted.

So, Shabbat Shalom, Happy Hanukkah, and blessings to you all! :~) I'll be back when I can...

Posted by debdillon

I found you blog from a comment you made (I've been visiting your site fo a while so I can't remember which one! LOL).

I just wanted to say that I've wanted to read the Maccabean books for a very long time. I even have a Jerusalem Bible, but I just haven't taken the time. Perhaps I should pick it up this Christmas season.
Deb

Posted by Anonymous

Yours was the first 'random' blog I encountered and reading your weather report.... I think we live in the same area! We've been battling the stuff in our yard blowing away,(fencing, canvas carport, the trampoline and the dog ran off but it back! We've had rain and some snow. I'm not even sure I can leave a comment as I can't get on my own blog for WA State. But here goes.... great reading about holidays and who you are in the Lord!

Blessings in Him,
Marie
Tacoma

Posted by withHim4ever

This was so neat and to the point. Thank you! I could not post on my blog at all last Thursday and Friday, so my Hanukkah post vanished or kinda was put away. Happy hanukkah to you too.

Posted by AcceptanceWithJoy

Hope you are having a wonderful hanukkah. I have not studied a lot about the Festival of Lights except for that Jesus attended and used the opportunity to tell everyone that he was Light of the World.

Hope you will be blogging soon and your weather will improve!

Posted by AcceptanceWithJoy

Sorry about the multiple comments. Everytime I filed, I got an error message that the webpage was not found. I assumed that my comment hadn't filed. Guess it had.

Posted by FollowingTheAncientPaths

AcceptanceWithJoy, I took care of the extras. LOL I've done that myself. And thank you, our weather wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it would be - we weren't hit as hard as others south of us were. We are blessed.

Posted by bubbebobbie

May the Light you burn at Chanukah continue to ignite the world with the Love of Messiah through the days to come.

I enjoyed reading your thoughts. Because of Jesus, Bobbie