A Beautiful Day

When I woke up this morning, everything was so peaceful and perfectly balanced. It really felt like this was the day ... the LORD had made - and it was. It turned out to be such a beautiful day in every way.

    My day started like any other Wednesday. I came through to the lounge after I'd said the bathroom blessing and opened the curtains, letting the warmth of the day into my home. Then came my trip to the kitchen to have my array of herbal remedies to keep my physical being in health, followed by my coffee, followed by my exercises. Thirty minutes of doing chair exercises for seniors has strengthened my core and my muscles exponentially in less than a week! I'm so grateful to HaShem for causing me to have that scary episode a few weeks back - it has made me sit up and pay attention to what my body needs. He has kept me alive for nearly 62 years and now, due to my own negligence, I find I need to repair a lot of things. No time like the present. And I'm loving it. And I'm so grateful to God for giving me another chance to get it right.

    After doing some household chores and admin, we prayed Shacharit, followed by the reading of the Jerusalem Talmud and Mincha. I think I ate in between there somewhere too.

    Then it was time for my two Afrikaans classes, which went very well indeed. One of my students is a Matric pupil and the other a winemaker. HaShem has blessed me with wonderful students that soon become friends.

    The phonecall to my grandson closed the day at my desk. What a special relationship we have. I'm very thankful that he wants to speak to me each and every day. 

    I was sitting on the sofa watching a teaching on today's aliyah when a Hebrew student who goes on Sabbatical over December and January messaged me to say she was returning to classes soon, so I set that up. I will now revert back to the soft sofa after many hours on my hard office chair, which I am also very grateful for.

    The teaching I was listening to was talking about the Manna that fell in the wilderness for forty years and how it was a test for the Israelites because they could never be absolutely sure that it would be there tomorrow. The teacher was saying that if we wanted to make sure that we had what we need tomorrow, we should be thankful and grateful to HaShem for giving us what we need today. He just wants us to trust Him. Yeshua Himself said: "Will I find faith on the earth when I return?"

    Before this turns into a book and my tuchus turns square, let me revert to the softness of the sofa and finish absorbing the wisdom of the Sages.

Erev Tov! Layla Tov!