{"id":17237,"date":"2020-06-20T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=17237"},"modified":"2020-06-20T08:35:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:35:18","slug":"i-used-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/20\/i-used-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I used to go\u2026&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 42:4, <em>I used to go. <\/em><\/strong>The psalmist declares that as a result of his deep hunger and thirst for the Living Elohim (vv. 1\u20132) that he <em>used to<\/em> go with the multitude to the house of Elohim\u2014with those who kept the pilgrims feasts (i.e. Passover\/Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks\/Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles. It says that \u201che used to go\u2026\u201d implying that he no longer goes. Why? There could be many reasons for this, but for whatever reason, he is no longer able to go. This is not because he doesn\u2019t desire it, but evidently because the opportunity no longer presents itself for him to go with the multitude to worship at the house of Elohim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can easily relate to the psalmist\u2019s dilemma. Many of us today find ourselves in the same situation. I, for example, live in a large city of millions of people. When my wife and I were leading a congregation, for many years we\u2014almost single-handedly with little outside help\u2014organized numerous gatherings of the saints year after year around the YHVH\u2019s feasts. Once we retired from this ministry due to age, health and weariness, no one else in our region picked up this anointed mantle, this righteous burden and yoke, this <em>mitvah<\/em>. 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