{"id":11910,"date":"2018-01-20T10:44:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T18:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=11910"},"modified":"2018-01-21T08:54:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T16:54:17","slug":"walk-in-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/walk-in-the-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabbath Walk in the Forest With My Bride\u2014Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">My wife, Sandi, and I took a walk down by the river this Shabbat afternoon. It was a beautiful day\u2014mild for this time of the year, and after spending most of the day indoors \u00a0reading the Bible, writing, studying and praying, I needed to get out for some fresh air and to connect with the Creator through his creation. This is part Elohim&#8217;s the river of life I need to get into regularly. It&#8217;s part of my personal &#8220;God bubble&#8221; in which I live. Please enjoy. \u00a0Natan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/walk-in-the-forest\/img_3512\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11912\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11912\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3512.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3512-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3512-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">I like photography and I love my iPhone because I can snap quality pictures wherever I go. Every day in our haste, we simply walk by beautiful\u00a0pictures. One has to have an eye and a love for \u00a0beauty as one is walking down the path of life. All around us are beautiful scenes waiting to be\u00a0seen and appreciated. They are\u00a0opportunities\u00a0to stop and pray, to reflect and to worship Elohim. Let&#8217;s work hard not to miss these\u00a0opportunities. \u00a0We must learn to extract the precious from the mundane, and sometimes even from the vile. May YHVH, give us the eyes and heart to find the beauty and blessing in everything and everyone around us, and use it as a trigger to move into praise and worship of him for it.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/walk-in-the-forest\/img_3514\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11913\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11913\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3514.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3514-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3514-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Even a rotton log has its own beauty with the peeling bark, moss and vines\u00a0growing on it\u00a0and the\u00a0 dead leaves. This log has\u00a0value. In its death, it provides life-giving nutrition for the next generation of plants and animals. It will eventually become precious topsoil out of which everything grows. Life comes out of death. Death of loved ones, death of dreams, death of innocence, \u00a0death of hopes, death of finances, death of health or death of relationships. When one door closes, another door opens taking us into new vistas, experiences,\u00a0opportunities\u00a0and possibilities. May Yah, help us to wrap our brain around this reality and to embrace life-giving death with these things in\u00a0mind.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11914\" style=\"width: 4042px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/walk-in-the-forest\/img_3549\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11914\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11914\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3549.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3549-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3549-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3549-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3549-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There is a river of life out there. We have to find it. When we do, the light of YHVH&#8217;s Presence will shine on it encouraging us and guiding us into his perfect will for our lives.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11915\" style=\"width: 3034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/walk-in-the-forest\/img_3556\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11915\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11915\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11915\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3556.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3556-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3556-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Follow the path of life that leads to the light of truth. Yeshua is the Light of the world and the Sun of righteousness. Yah, help us to follow the Lamb of Elohim wherever he goes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11919\" style=\"width: 3034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/walk-in-the-forest\/img_3498\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11919\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11919\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3498.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3498-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3498-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YHVH has not called the great and mighty people of this world, but the ordinary, foolish ones that he will use \u00a0to confound the wise for his glory. May we be such a people that he can use.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11917\" style=\"width: 4042px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/walk-in-the-forest\/img_3541\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11917\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11917\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3541.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3541-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3541-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3541-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3541-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Like these trees that are wading out into the river, we too must get into YHVH&#8217;s river of life. The psalmist says that a wise man plants himself next to the river like a tree from which it gains nourishment. But sometimes, like Ezekiel, we have to actually get into that river\u2014even get in over our heads. That&#8217;s called passion and zeal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/20\/walk-in-the-forest\/img_3522\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11918\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3522.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3522.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3522-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3522-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">It&#8217;s good to feel small. 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