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Good morning and happy new week! I got a concussion a couple years ago, and over the past few weeks, I've been struggling with some of my residual symptoms. However, we had a restful and encouraging Sabbath yesterday, the sun is shining, and I have a delicious cup of coffee in front of me. The Father always sustains me. My plan for the week is to practice rejoicing.

My goal is to bring a little bit of Scripture, a sprinkle of encouragement, and a dash of hope to your day. I love a good cup of coffee (brewed like this), but if some other drink is more your style, I'm sure that will work. The point is for you to take a break from crazy living, just long enough for a sip of joy.

cha-yah—to revive; to keep alive and continue alive; to have life within; to revive with life gained from food or other necessity; to sustain. Source

I recently received an encouraging letter from a pastor in Florida:

“If I understand correctly, you’ve also experienced a debilitating concussion. My concussion resulted from a fall from a ladder, which resulted in 6 years of dizziness and bleeding on the brain. Eventually, I had to step down as a pastor due to nearly passing out with every sermon. My convalescence lasted 7 years, 5 of which I was able to work from home in sales. Now I am back in the pulpit preaching every week.”

I also experienced a concussion and traumatic brain injury last fall. It has been an “interesting” year because of it, and then the new year of 2021 started out with our entire family catching the dreaded Covid. I admit to feeling discouraged at times! Continue Reading

Jordan Rubin, in his excellent book The Maker’s Diet, writes this about exercise (p. 172):   

“God created us to live, move, work, play, overcome obstacles, and win victories throughout life. He never intended for us to sit around and wait for death. Some confirmed couch potatoes have confidently justified their lackadaisical approach to life by quoting the passage from the King James Bible, 'For bodily exercise profiteth little' (1 Tim. 4:8). They conveniently forget that Timothy probably walked everywhere he went and got more exercise in one day than most people do today in a week. Modern translations more accurately paint the picture and remove the 'lazy boy loophole,'” saying, 'For physical training is of some value'” (1 Tim. 4:8, NIV, emphasis added).

So how can a busy mother fit exercise into her schedule? What types of exercise are best for her? Read More

I have noticed that I tend to skip some subjects or assignments that I don’t like. Subjects that sometimes get skipped in my home include phonics, Bible, history, copywork, math drills, P.E., and more.

You may not struggle in these same areas, but I suspect that all of us struggle somewhere. We struggle with consistency. We tend to procrastinate.

Even though diligence is a character quality spoken highly of in YHWH’s Torah, it isn’t easy to be diligent as we teach our children. Why? Read More

Thank you for taking time to sip coffee with me. I hope your day is tov⁠—good and accomplishing what the Creator designed you for. Everything your hand finds to do, do it with all your might and for the glory of Yah!

Shalom,

~Anne Elliott

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