I live to serve my husband...

Genesis 3:16 KJV

[16] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

1 Peter 3:1 KJV

[1] Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.  -1 Timothy 2:12

Esther 1:20 KJV

[20] ...all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

Numbers 30:13 KJV

[13] Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

…In the old time, the holy women also, who trusted in Yahveh, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands, even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, CALLING HIM MASTER. – 1 Peter 3:5-6

Wives, SUBMIT YOURSELVES unto your own husbands, AS UNTO THE MASTER. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as the Messiah is the head of the assembly and He is the savior of the body.  Therefore as the assembly is subject unto the Messiah, so the wives to their own husbands in everything.  –Ephesians 5:22-24

Not because we have not power but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us. – 2 Thessalonians 5:21

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So women's roles have always kind of been a doozy for me...

My mom was an independent man-hater who took pride in the strength of the single mom and was really only a few stages shy of all out bra-burning, except that she had abandoned hers in the 70s in an attempt to free herself from female oppression...

I was raised to be a strong woman.  Born with a stubborn will, my parents fostered that drive in an effort to prepare me for a man-loving world.  That I might grow up and be fierce, never needing another (least of all a male counterpart) to support me in anyway unless, of course, by my choice and only then by my terms.  That was my foundation.  Those were the goals laid out for me from the moment my first chromosomes were finally identified. That was the world I grew up in.

My husband?  His mother was a strong woman raised by an even stronger willed woman alongside some sisters that could book it in a biker's bar with the best of them.

Sex sells and as a woman your sexuality is your greatest tool.  The only way to get what you want is to be manipulative.  Men and women are equals and anything men can do women can do just as well or better. The enemy, Yahveh rebuke him, has craftily spun this ornate web of lies and confusion to snag any young girl raised in today's world.

So...I grew up.  And I met an amazing man that was just cool and calm enough to handle my hot head...

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As an adult, my husband is disabled and financial support is my sole responsibility.  Of course, I don't mind because my husband is perfect (could not ask for better) and I love my job.  I work as a boss over men and women of all ages.  Sometimes I have to be mean.  Sometimes I have to fire people.  I am strong and independent because THAT'S MY JOB.

And, though sometimes I fall short (like I spent an extra 10 minutes working on this blog after he asked me to microwave some tacos...), I am submissive and subservient to my husband because THAT IS MY PLACE.  And that place is more powerful (and safe because he is also my cover) than any other role I could play.  My righteousness speaks far louder than a lecture or sermon ever could.  I don't say anything without my husband's approval, ESPECIALLY if it is controversial (trust me, that's probably a good thing because he censors out half of the things I would like to say sometimes ;)

I know a lot of couples that fight a lot.  We rarely ever do.  And we never stay mad.  I love him more than anything and live to serve as his help meet (Genesis 2:18) and that is what is pleasing in the eyes of Elohim.  By serving my husband, I am serving my Creator because it is by Yah that this system has been ordained.

It is truly amazing the changes in our lives when we both started playing our roles the way we were meant to be.

Shalom!

Shabbat Shalom!!

Shabbat Shalom!

Exodus 16:25-30 KJV

[25] And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to day ye shall not find it in the field. [26] Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. [27] And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. [28] And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? [29] See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. [30] So the people rested on the seventh day.

Exodus 20:8-11 KJV

[8] Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. [9] Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: [10] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: [11] For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is , and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exodus 31:13-15 KJV

[13] Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. [14] Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. [15] Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 19:30 KJV

[30] Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord .

Deuteronomy 5:12-15 KJV

[12] Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. [13] Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: [14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. [15] And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Isaiah 1:13 KJV

[13] Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Isaiah 56:2 KJV

[2] Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 58:13-14 KJV

[13] If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord , honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: [14] Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it .

Nehemiah 13:19-20 KJV

[19] And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. [20] So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

Amos 8:5 KJV

[5] Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Luke 4:16 KJV

[16] And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

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It's not a sin to do good on the Sabbath (if someone is choking, you can do the Heimlich maneuver) (John 9), nor is it sinful to cook/gather/eat (Matthew 12), nor is it sinful to pull your ox out of the ditch (or buy jumper cables when your car won't start) (Luke 14:5).

A big thing about the verses about the sabbath is you really have to have a pretty solid understanding of the Old Testament to understand what they are talking about in the New Testament.

That's odd...

If Yahshua made void the law, why would Paul validate his words by the law?

1 Corinthians 9:1-9 KJV

[1] Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Yahshua Hamashiach our Elohim? are not ye my work in Yah? [2] If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in Yahveh. [3] Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, [4] Have we not power to eat and to drink? [5] Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? [6] Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? [7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moshe, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth Yah take care for oxen?

2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

[16] ALL scripture is given by inspiration of Yah, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Another huge issue that often hinders understanding is there are TWO "laws" referred to in the Bible - Yah's law, or Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) and MAN's law (rabbinic councils had taken Torah and made unbiblical by laws (ex: you can only walk so far on sabbath, you can eat vitamin D3 because even though it comes from pig it's molecularly similar to D3 from pigs). 

Matthew 12:3-8 KJV

[3] But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; [4] How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? [5] Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? [6] But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. [7] But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. [8] For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

While you weren't looking...

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Leviticus 11:7-8 KJV

[7] And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. [8] Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

Deuteronomy 4:40 KJV

[40] Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go WELL WITH THEE, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which theYahweh thy Elohim giveth thee, for ever.

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And if you are wondering, pig can be found in yogurt, jello, frozen and canned vegetables, shampoo, cheese, sour cream, MOST milk, apple balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing, BEEF pot pies, turkey sausages, and the list goes on...

Pig ingredients include (besides the obvious - pork, bacon etc)  Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), gelatin, glycol distearate, lard, and pork CASINGS (sausage).

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Struck Out

Numbers 30:2-16 KJV

[2] If a man vow a vow unto Elohim, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. [3] If a woman also vow a vow unto Elohim, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; [4] And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. [5] But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and Elohim shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. [6] And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; [7] And her husband heard it , and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it : then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. [8] But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it ; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and Elohim shall forgive her. [9] But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. [10] And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; [11] And her husband heard it , and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. [12] But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and Elohim shall forgive her. [13] Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. [14] But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them . [15] But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them ; then he shall bear her iniquity. [16] These are the statutes, which Elohim commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this passage!

1.  This is one of the reasons my most commonly used phrase is, "Huh, Baby?"

2.  This is why I have never posted a controversial status/comment/response/blog without reading it to my hubby first. 

3.  This concept is why I can't keep my big trap shut when I see falsities professed.  (With my hubby's support only, of course!) :)

4.  Every interpretation I have in scripture, I always screen by my hubby.

Yay, More Than Fine Gold...

1 Timothy 2:9-12 KJV

[9] In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; [10] But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. [11] Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. [12] But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Proverbs 11:22 KJV

[22] As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

Proverbs 31:10-31 KJV

[10] Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. [11] The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. [12] She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. [13] She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. [14] She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. [15] She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. [16] She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. [17] She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. [18] She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. [19] She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. [20] She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. [21] She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. [22] She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. [23] Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. [24] She maketh fine linen, and selleth it ; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. [25] Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. [26] She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. [27] She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. [28] Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also , and he praiseth her. [29] Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. [30] Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth Yahveh , she shall be praised. [31] Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Rain, rain, go away...

Cleanliness is next to...what now?

Every now and again I get tricked by something containing pork (milk, yogurt, cheese, rice, collard greens, apple vinaigrette salad dressing from Wendy's) or someone wicked slips pork into my food out of spite (Chicken Alfredo from Pizza Hut), and it really hurts.  I bawl like a baby because I failed in my diligence and ate the unclean and even though my beloved Yah knows I was tricked, it doesn't change my feelings about my own failure.  About the not so friendly reminders that I live separately in an ever-increasingly wicked world.

2 Corinthians 6:17 KJV

[17] Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith Elohim, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you

Genesis 7:2 KJV

[2] Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Genesis 7:8 KJV

[8] Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

Leviticus 10:10 KJV

[10] And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

Leviticus 11:4-7 KJV

[4] Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. [5] And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. [6] And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. [7] And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:9-10 KJV

[9] These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. [10] And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

Leviticus 11:8 KJV

[8] Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:11 KJV

[11] They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

Leviticus 11:29-31 KJV

[29] These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, [30] And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. [31] These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:43 KJV

[43] Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

Leviticus 11:46-47 KJV

[46] This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: [47] To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

Deuteronomy 12:16,23 KJV

[16] Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. [23] Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Deuteronomy 14:7-11 KJV

[7] Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. [8] And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. [9] These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: [10] And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. [11] Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

Judges 13:7,14 KJV

[7] But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing : for the child shall be a Nazarite to Elohim from the womb to the day of his death. [14] She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing : all that I commanded her let her observe.

Job 14:4 KJV

[4] Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Isaiah 52:11 KJV

[11] Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing ; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Yahveh .

Ezekiel 22:26 KJV

[26] Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 44:23 KJV

[23] And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

2 Corinthians 6:17 KJV

[17] Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith Elohim, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you,

Colossians 3:5-6 KJV

[5] Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: [6] For which things' sake the wrath of Yahveh cometh on the children of disobedience:

1 Thessalonians 4:7 KJV

[7] For Yah hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.