Thursday, May 17, 2012

ardelle brody commentaries: Bechukotai, Behar

Can we do תפילות prayers for:

Ardelle and Call?

So that through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

Shalom chaverim!

With puppies 9 days old, I'm feeling as tired as any new mom! Our dog's c-section came with a few challenges. One is that she doesn't realize that she lays on her pups, so the possibility of smothering the little ones becomes a real danger. This we discovered by watching her, and then finding out on a dog forum that for golden retrievers with c-sections, they must be watched 24/7 for two weeks! Sleeping in a cold shed at night with our pup family was something we definitely did not plan for! Again, sometimes when you don't have the reins, you just do what you have to do. Several times, we have had to lift her off of the little ones, but todah la'El, (thanks be to God), the nine puppies are all growing and thriving. And by the way, because the shed was getting very hot during the day, we've now ended up with our 10 member dog family inside our house!

I really feel like I've witnessed "survival of the fittest" in action. Yet, I know how much our Creator cares for those who are weak. I've heard from a couple of sources that we should just let nature take it's course. That sometimes the weakest just don't survive. Yet, I sense the Father's heart in this. We know that he cares about the widows, the orphans, and those who can't help themselves. Our smallest pups, often those who just aren't as aggressive, sometimes are given a private feeding. It only takes a little more time. They're going to make several families very happy!

Literally translated in Hebrew, the word for dog (calev), means "like the heart." This we have an even better understanding now!

Ephraim Frank shared an insight with me after last week's letter. If you don't know Ephraim and Rimona, let me suggest you check out their website....http://www.israelitereturn.com/

Here are his comments to me - I (Ephraim) grew up with dogs and have a special love for them. But what came to mind while reading your story is how difficult it is for our Mother Zion to give birth to her sons, many are caught sideways in the birth canal, and stop the natural process by clinging to the darkness of the womb and the umbilical cord of this flesh world. But then as you wrote "you lose control, you have to let go of the reins, and walk the path the Father lays out for you".

Shabbat Shalom,

Ardelle