Hello Heart Partners!! I pray you are all well, and enjoying PASSOVER, SPRING, and upcoming RESURRECTION SUNDAY!! Interestingly enough, PSALM 46:10-11 is a CALL this season so let’s take a look….Cepher “BE still and KNOW that I am ELOHIYM: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 Yahuah TSEVA’oth (hosts, armies, or military formations) is with us; the ELOHAI of YA’AQOV is our refuge.”Celah. Many of you know me well, and BEING STILL can be tricky for me…but as I study HIS word, I am learning what HE was really saying! As I love FUN FACTS…I have been diving deeper into HEBREW so I don’t MISS OUT on what YAHUAH has for me and for YOU!!! So, I discovered at the end here of Psalm 46, that these last two verses could be considered “the Climax,” as in the Hebrew I discovered that its not so much about meditation, it is more about meditation of YAHUAH’S KINGDOM in the heart of faith! You see “be still” comes from the Hiphil stem of the verb RAPHA, “meaning to be weak, to let go, to release.” Which as I ponder the translation, it is more about an action such as, “cause yourself to let go, or let yourself become weak!” AH-HA…I began understanding more deeply, because in the HEBREW, the emphasis is actually on the KNOW, which I now understand that this means, SURRENDER in order to KNOW that YAHUAH is in HIS position of MASTER CONTOL, or TOTAL CONTROL! WOW…I so needed this, as like I referenced BEING STILL and KNOWING can be difficult for me, especially when I am caught up in how I feel, circumstances, or what I see! How about YOU, can you relate?

Well, today is “GOOD FRIDAY,” on the Liturgical Calendar, and I find myself reflecting exactly on BEING STILL AND KNOWING YAHUAH is in total control! No matter what HE is with me in all of the details, and therefore I can give up trusting myself, and my own plans…because truly I desire to experience the glory of YAHUAH and HIS all-sufficiency! Exodus 14:14 Cepher “Yahuah shall fight for you, and you shall hold your PEACE!” HIS peace…oh yes “that passes all understanding!” Oh I get it now…this “PEACE” is a peace rooted in our relationship with YAHUAH…SHALOM speaks of that personal trust in One’s relationship with YAHUAH…Isaiah 26:3-4 “You will guide him in perfect PEACE, whose mind is stayed on YOU: cause he trusts in YOU. 4 Trust you in YAHUAH forever: for in YAH YAHUAH is everlasting strength”. HE simply keeps telling me to just BE STILL AND KNOW WHO HE IS FOR ME…for YOU!

Are YOU in NEED of HIS PEACE…? YAHUAH is right here, right now ready to take your call! HE never fails to answer!

So, you might like to KNOW that this deeper study came about for several reasons…one being I kept seeing this “DEAD” CRAPE MYRTLE tree in my front yard…or was it? You see everything is blooming even my brand new Apple and Pear trees are showing life…but this little tree NO!! I went out earlier this week, and fed and watered yet again…and I said, “I don’t want to give up on you, but maybe you are dead, and well dead plants are not my favorite…I will give you some time to soak in more water and nutrients before I give up on you!! OH DEAR ME!!! I think I had kind of “lost it….” BUT, 2 days later I go out ready to rip it out of the sludgy ground…as that’s what I deal with… to my GREAT surprise…I see…

YES!!! NEW GROWTH was budding!! OKAY, well it was time to better understand that little CRAPE MRYTLE…so when I researched I learned that I could “scratch” the branches and if I saw green then it was simply dormant…DO YOU THINK I KNEW OR DID THAT? BIG NO!!! But then I thought…of maybe the trials I am going through are YAHUAH’s ways to “scratch” me and see if I am TRUSTING HIM, KNOWING HIM? Big AH-HA for me….well, next day I went out again…

I could not BELIEVE my eyes…and then I heard this tiny small voice…this tree ABIDES…well of course it does…but HOW IS MY OWN ABIDING??

So, as I went to mow the backyard I saw that our PEAR tree had green shoots but not on the branches…on the TRUNK!! HMMM…Oh yes, I see I must ABIDE in the VINE…as in John 15:4-5! I now truly understood as HE has called me to ABIDE, BE STIILL AND KNOW…I no longer need to question everything…

SEE, as Believers we are called to LIVE as HIS KINGDOM is within us (because it is), and although sometimes we may feel “dormant” HE is still working MIGHTILY on our behalf! Can YOU relate? Well, no matter what YAHUAH is here to relate with YOU as YOU seek HIM!

I pray you all are BLESSED (BARUCH in Hebrew, literally means YOU are BLESSED, or MAY YOU be BLESSED), and throughout your celebrations that YOU KNOW YAHUAH and who HE is for YOU! Remember, even if YOU don’t feel that YOU know HIM yet, just call out, as I pray HE will reveal HIMSELF to you so personally that it won’t be denied!

Sending lots of LOVE and PRAYERS to each of YOU!

SHALOM,

DanaKae