I missed a few weeks posting my weekly devotions; I simply couldn't get it done. Our youngest child was completing requirements for high school graduation last month. Honestly, it was more than I could keep up with. After four sons moving through their K-12 years spanning almost 24 years, I didn't want to miss a single moment of this ending. Our son competed in the state track meet, breaking a school record and setting a personal best; then there was the regional baseball g

‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the LORD for seven days; the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees—and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. Celebrate this as a festival to the LORD for seven days each year. This is