WEEE, Nancy used my idea for this weeks BFS.. what an honour.

My friend Susan and I were talking last week about how we really need a new passion. For so long, raising kids, homeschooling, knitting, reading, learning about unassisted childbirth, and healing with herbs has really fed all my passions, but I feel like I've sort of become saturated, learned all I need, or at least know where to go easily for updates or to answer a question.

But now I need something new.  Something to challenge me and make me feel that burning desire to dig deeper.

I think it'll be learning to read Hebrew. I already have baby knowledge. I know the letters, the sounds they make, and I can sound out words - but I want more. I want to be able to read Hebrew.  Wouldn't it be cool to be able to read  Frog and Toad Together in Hebrew? or Madeline? or Curious George?

Seriously, while I'd love to read these wonderful children's books, the real flames behind my desire to read Hebrew is not for children's books, it's to read God's Love story to us, in it's original language, no interpretation or slant by the one who translated it, just God -speaking directly to me.  To truly understand the depth of the mean behind each individual word.

Here's what I mean. In our English Bibles, the words of Genesis 1:1 read like this:
But look at how full it is when you read it in Hebrew  (hear it read at Hebrew for Christians  I couldn't capture the sound file.)

בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ

 

The word Brei'sheet: Beit, Reish, Alef, Shin, Yod, Tav.
Here is JUST THE FIRST WORD of the Torah, and it tells the whole story of God's love. This is taken from Rico Cortes website, Wisdom In Torah.

The story here: The father, who is the head of the house, created a house (or place) for His son, and taught him the alef-bet. And by the strength of Yah, He will judge the land with fire, and He will put us to shame on the first of Tishrei, and they will all fear Him, and will repent when he dies on the cross, and their desire will be for Him. And in Integrity, He will make a covenant of fire with us. And the shabbat will be a light for His daughter, mankind, for it was made as a gift for us.

The WHOLE GOSPEL JUST IN THE FIRST WORD OF SCRIPTURE IN HEBREW.

God's language is so much more complete than our English - how much more we can know our God - our Saviour - through reading HIS word in HIS language.

And that's why I want to learn to read Hebrew. - but it's a long journey. I have to practice, get more fluid in my ability to read, and develop my vocabulary.   - And if you think I wrote this whole post myself.. lol.  NOPE, I had to call Trent to help me with that whole Bresheit thing.  How neat to be able to FOLLOW your child in his passions.