Calling All Prayer Warriors, RISE UP!

Tomorrow we face a battle in the court room. My 8 year old step-son, Gavin, is being fought for. His mother moved away two years ago, to Florida. She has removed herself from his life as much as possible. She calls to talk to him once every 2 months. She does not pay her child support. She does not communicate with us. However, she has filed for custody and asked that the courts remove Gavin from our home in Michigan and place him in her's in Florida.

She hasn't been the greatest mom. She has made really bad choices. I know she loves her son, but she herself is unaware of what it truly means to love someone.

We have faith in God. That He will fight for us. But thoughts keep lurking and creeping in. Have I been the best mom? No. Have I done all I can for Gavin? No. Could I have done better? Could his dad have been a better dad? Is this going to be punishment for the areas we have lacked in? Will she win? Will she be able to take Gavin into her home, where God is not even allowed to be? Will her new boyfriend slowly take over the role of dad?

Tomorrow we find out. Tomorrow we fight. Tomorrow she fights.

We love our little man. He has been in my home since he was a year old. For the past 7 years I have raised him and loved him. We teach him about God, to love and fear and obey. He has grown so much and loves so much and is happy here.

Pray for him. Pray for us. Pray that we have favor with the courts. Pray that Nikki, his mother, is unable to spew her wretched lies. Pray that the judge sees through all of her accusations and slander. Pray that Gavin is NOT removed from our home and that we can continue to raise him up in the ways of God.

The opposite outcome is too horrible to even imagine. Taking him from his home, from his family that he has seen every day, or at least every week for almost 8 years, and putting into a situation where he only sees us for weeks in the summer, would devastate him and us.

Pray for Nikki's salvation.

Pray pray pray pray pray...

Intercessors rise up. Weep for us. Plead for us. Stand on the promises that God has made to His people.

Thank you. I love you. Bless you.

The History of the Church: on the ROCK or on the rocks?

This is a great teaching from WildBranch Ministry. It's a free download and is an hour and 18 minutes long, but worth the time! If you are a believer in the Messiah Yahshua aka Jesus Christ, and don't know early church history, you NEED to listen to this. It will hopefully open your eyes and shed some light on some falsehoods that have been propagated by the man-made religious system that a lot of us have been in, come out of, or are now in.

The Simple Woman's Daybook

Outside my window...the lawn needs to mowed and I need to harvest my basil. It's warm, humid and overcast.

I am thinking...of how good this coffee tastes and how awesome it is that my hubby has taken the day off!

From the learning rooms...getting ready to look for curriculum. So many choices and I really need wisdom in this area.

From the kitchen...refrigerator pickles, roasted chicken with fresh rosemary from my garden. New potatoes with chives from the garden. And MORE zucchini bread. I love zucchini season.


I am wearing...black yoga pants, purple tank, black overshirt.

I am creating...a mess, as usual. I'm about to create an empty space in my living room and get rid of this ginormous entertainment center.

I am going...SHOPPING!!! I don't usually shop for anything but food, but a payment came in and we are buying the boys new shoes today! Praise God! Gavin's little toes are sticking out over the edge of his sandals :-)

I am currently reading...Torah Rediscovered- a great book by Ariel and D'vorah Berkowitz that says it is "Challenging centuries of misinterpretation and neglect" and I have to agree. This has been the first book I've read on Torah aside from the Word itself and I am finding out so much more than I ever thought I would and getting confirmation from what I discovered on my own in the Word. It's out of print, but I bought it used on Amazon for like $3.

I am hoping...that when we go to court on August 19th that the judge sees truth for truth and lies and deception for what they are.

I am hearing...the name Melatyah over and over again. Yah delivers...If I could choose a name for myself this would be it. It might not be the name that is written on the white stone that I hope to receive one day, but it speaks to me...

On my mind...so much...Court especially...we are in a custody situation right now with Tim's ex. Gavin is his son (I've been raising him with Tim since he was 1 year old). Gavin's mom is lost in a spiritual sense. She moved to Florida a year and a half ago to be with her new man and has not maintained contact with Gavin on a regular basis ever since. She has filed for custody and is requesting the courts to allow her to move Gavin down to Florida. We have faith that God will fight for us in this and that it won't be much of a battle at all...but the courts are strange...you never know. But I know MY GOD and HE is MIGHTY! But if ya'll could lift us up in prayer that would be very good.

Noticing that...the 20 pounds I lost before I went to Texas is slowly creeping back in. I need to get myself on track...working out...and take my calories back down. I need this weight off!

Around the house...more books were given to us so there's that...I really am dreaming of selling everything, buying an RV and taking off for a year on the road. This has become something both my husband and I feel we are being lead to do. Will we do it? Is it possible with the custody situation? Would the courts allow it? Well, if God is the one doing the leading and nudging...yes totally! That's both frightening and exciting at the same time. How awesome would that be???

One of my favorite things...reading under a blanket with a hot cup of creamed coffee and my two little pooches laying beside me. Doesn't sound like a good summer thing...but I welcome it at any season!

A few plans for the rest of the week...well, looking at curriculum. Preserving something. Working more in my poor neglected garden and finishing up the Michael Rood series on the Fall Feasts. Seeing some amazing insight in them!

Isaiah 51:4-8

Listen to Me, My people;
And give ear to Me, O My nation:
For law will proceed from Me,
And I will make My justice rest
As a light of the peoples.
My righteousness is near,
My salvation has gone forth,
And My arms will judge the peoples;
The coastlands will wait upon Me,
And on My arm they will trust.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
And look on the earth beneath.
For the heavens will vanish away like smoke,
The earth will grow old like a garment,
And those who dwell in it will die in like manner;
But My salvation will be forever,
And My righteousness will not be abolished.

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people in whose heart is My law:
Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
And the worm will eat them like wool;
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation from generation to generation.

Praise God for His word which is truth! I love having my eyes opened more and more every day to the truth of Torah.

Create in me a clean heart, Father. Break me and use me and cause me to seek You. Give me compassion, patience, gentleness and knowledge of love defined only by you. Help me speak your truth and help me to do it lovingly but without compromise. Father, forgive me for my disobedience and unbelief. Forgive my hardened heart. Forgive me for seeking my own ways. Father, may I bless you in this this walk and learn to walk just as your son walked.