Seek First His Kingdom
Lonliness. Sometimes it can be overbearing... driving us to want to have
someone to do something with. As many of you know, I am an only child.
Lonliness was a cold part of my existance growing up. I had very few, if any
friends... and those I did have as freinds, I saw very little of. I had to learn
how to be happy by myself, with no one to talk to, but either my parents or my
savior. Needless to say, I learned how to talk to my savior very well!
when I came of age, I would go to school, and hear my female companions
dishing on their latest date with their boyfriend... while I, would simply
listen... and imagine... what it might be like if I had a boyfriend... or even
just a freind, that I could hang out with and do stuff with. But, the cold fact
was, as soon as I left school... I went home, to sit in my room, by myself. I
had no one to hang out with.... except Yahweh.
I tell you this, so that you know I am well aquainted with this feeling. I
felt it often growing up! I remember sitting silently in my room, dreaming of
what it might be like if someday I met that one special somone... and we fell in
love. I read romance novels, and often times would "finish" the story in my mind
after I was done reading with what I hoped might someday happen in my own life.
I dealt with my lonliness in a dream world... that I created. Friends that were
invisable, that I would talk to... and pretend great dramatic things happened
to. Oh, I had a soap opera of my own making and then some! I would have quite
the story to tell, if those events I imagined had actually happened... but they
didn't.
One day, after seeing my friends marry their boyfriends, and feeling very
alone... I began to wonder if someone was out there for me? If I might meet that
special someone, that could be my very best friend, that I could fall in love
with... and hang out with... and have a family with...
But, I decided, that Yahweh would have to be enough for me. I determined,
that since I could not be a bride to anyone, I would do the best I could to be
Y'shua's bride. I began to seek the kingdom of Yahweh, and His righteousness,
and I did it with all of my heart.
That, is when I received the vision of my husband, Mark. I did not know it
was him, but felt romantically drawn to him. I saw his face, his eyes, his
golden hair... and even as I was attracted to him, I felt shame. I mean, at the
time, I didn't know if it was a man or an angel I had seen... and if it was an
angel, how could I be so attracted to him? I didn't understand, and I felt at
once guilty about my attraction, so I prayed.
That was when the deception came, with the truth. The deception was the
name... the truth was that he was my soul mate, and future husband. The name
given, meant beloved. I however, focused on the name... and lost sight of Yahweh
in the process. Now, instead of fully seeking Yahweh, as I should have, I began
to wonder about this person. Who he was, when we would meet? It became to me a
distraction... and all I could pray about was "him."
two years after the vision, I began really feeling the effects of lonliness.
I worked a job, and had a few friends... but when I came home, I came home to an
empty room. No one was there... I had no person, with who to share my thoughts,
my dreams, my hopes for the future... and I was alone. I felt it very acutely.
And, I was getting impatient. My friends had significant others... boyfriends,
spouses... I had no one.
In my lonliness, I signed up for a dating website, thinking if this man I had
seen was looking for me, perhaps he would have an easier time finding me online.
I did find a man... and he seemed to be the man of my dreams, even fit the name
I had been given by that deceptive voice. He contacted me, and I fell hard
for him. Suddenly, instead of praying... I was talking to him. Instead of
reading my bible, I was talking to him. Day in and day out... he was at the
center of my thoughts. In truth, the man became an idol to me. Instead of
seeking yahweh, as I should have... I sought this man.
Long story short, I did eventually marry this man. After the wedding however,
I felt a huge void. where Yahweh had once filled my life... I had neglected him,
for this man. And, this man, turned out to be a huge dissapointment! He was not
a believer, he had lied to me... and now, even though I had a significant other
of my own, I was still alone! I could not understand why. I had everything...
why did I feel like something was missing?
The truth was, what was missing was Yahweh. If I had not put the man in front
of my savior, I would have been able to see that the man I had unwittingly
married was not the man I had seen in my vision. My sight was blinded, by
my idol.
And, I paid a dear price for my sin. My marriage crumbled, my faith crumbled,
my mental health, and my emotional health fell into shambles. The man turned out
to be a con artist, who left me with a broken heart, a shattered faith, no
home, no posessions, and no family to support me. Apparently, the marriage
I had was one of his many scams, and it turned out to not even be a legal
marriage.
I was left on the street. With nothing, but a shattered hope. When I had
nothing left, it was then, that I looked up and realized my mistake. I repented,
and turned back to Yahweh. I began to earnestly seek after him, and determined
that no matter what, He would be first and formost in my life. I took to heart,
the verse which states:
Mat 6:31-34
"Do not worry then, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall
we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ "For all
these the gentiles seek for. And your heavenly Father knows that you need all
these. "But seek first the reign of Elohim, and
His righteousness, and all these matters shall be added to
you. "Do not, then, worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
shall have its own worries. Each day has enough evil of itself.
After that, events took place that I had no idea could happen. I ended up in
a womans shelter, and from there Yahweh gave me a job and an apartment. But that
was not all... when I could not pay for the apartment, He provided my deposite
and down payment. I had no furniture... my apartment came fully furnished, with
high quality furniture! I had no dishes, no plates... everything was given to
me. I had no food... and he provided me with food. I had just enough for my
needs... no more, no less.
I had no friends... he provided me with friends. Not just any friends, but
friends who were believers. He raised me up from the dirt, and the mire. He
dusted me off, and set my heart right. Then, as I continued to seek him.. he did
something even more amazing. He let me meet the man in my vision!
I am now happily married to my best friend. I have a thriving relationship with
Yahweh. I have not only a home.. but a house! I grew up an only child... and
now I have not one, but many brothers and sister in laws. My relationship
with my parents has been restored. I used to only have a used and very well
worn bicycle to get around on... now I have a car, and a motorcycle, in
addition to a brand new bicycle! I can go to the grocery store, and not worry
about what I can or can't buy. I have a nice job. I've even published not one,
but 3 books that I have written! Not only are my needs provided for, but I
have excess!
All of this blessing... because I choose every day, to seek first HIS
kingdom.
Free yourself from idols. Put Yahweh first in all things!
"
Hear, O Yisra’ĕl:
יהוה our Elohim,
יהוה is one!
"And you shall love
יהוה your Elohim with all
your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might.
(Deu 6:4-5)
"
And it shall be, if you diligently obey the voice of
יהוה your Elohim, to guard
to do all His commands which I command you today, that
יהוה your Elohim shall set
you high above all nations of the earth.
"And all these blessings shall come upon
you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of
יהוה your Elohim:
"Blessed are you in the city, and blessed
are you in the field. "Blessed is the
fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock
– the increase of your cattle and the
offspring of your flocks. "Blessed is
your basket and your kneading bowl.
"Blessed are you when you come in, and
blessed are you when you go out.
"יהוה causes
your enemies who rise against you to be smitten before your face
– they come out against you one way and
flee before you seven ways.
"יהוה commands
the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand,
and shall bless you in the land which
יהוה your Elohim is giving
you. "יהוה does
establish you as a set-apart people to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you
guard the commands of יהוה
your Elohim and walk in His ways. "And
all peoples of the earth shall see that the Name of
יהוה is called upon you, and
they shall be afraid of you. "And
יהוה shall make you to have
plenty of what is good, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your
livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land of which
יהוה swore to your fathers
to give you.
"יהוה opens to
you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season,
and to bless all the work of your hand. And you shall lend to many nations, but
you do not borrow. "And
יהוה shall make you the head
and not the tail. And you shall be only on top, and not be beneath, if you obey
the commands of יהוה your
Elohim, which I command you today, to guard and do.
"And do not turn aside from any of the
Words which I am commanding you today, right or left, to go after other mighty
ones to serve them. "And it shall be, if
you do not obey the voice of
יהוה your Elohim, to guard
to do all His commands and His laws which I command you today, that all these
curses shall come upon you and overtake you:
"Cursed are you in the city, and cursed
are you in the field. "Cursed is your
basket and your kneading bowl. "Cursed is
the fruit of your body and the fruit of your land, the increase of your cattle
and the offspring of your flocks. "Cursed
are you when you come in, and cursed are you when you go out.
"יהוה sends on
you the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke in all that you set your hand to
do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of
your doings by which you have forsaken Me.
"יהוה makes the
plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going
to possess.
"יהוה smites
you with wasting disease, and with inflammation, and with burning, and with
extreme heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew. And they
shall pursue you until you perish. "And
your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is
under you iron.
"יהוה makes the
rain of your land powder and dust; from the heavens it comes down on you until
you are destroyed.
"יהוה causes
you to be defeated before your enemies –
you go out one way against them and flee seven ways before
them. And you shall become a horror to all the reigns of the earth.
"And your carcasses shall be food for all
the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth, with no one to frighten
them away.
"יהוה shall
smite you with the boils of Mitsrayim, with tumours, with the scab, and with the
itch, from which you are unable to be healed.
"יהוה shall
smite you with madness and blindness and bewilderment of heart.
"And you shall be groping at noon, as a
blind man gropes in darkness, and not prosper in your ways. And you shall be
only oppressed and plundered all the days, with no one to save you.
"You become engaged to a wife, but
another man does lie with her. You build a house, but do not dwell in it. You
plant a vineyard, but do not use its fruit.
"Your ox is slaughtered before your eyes,
but you do not eat of it. Your donkey is violently taken from before you, and it
is not given back to you. Your sheep are given to your enemies, with no one to
save them. "Your sons and your daughters
are given to another people, and your eyes look and fail for them all day long,
and your hand powerless. "A people whom
you have not known eat the fruit of your land and all your labours. And you
shall be only oppressed and crushed all the days.
"And you shall be maddened because of the
sight which your eyes see.
"יהוה smites
you in the knees and on the legs with evil boils of which you are unable to be
healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
"יהוה brings
you and the sovereign whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor
your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other mighty ones, wood and
stone. "Thus you shall become an
astonishment, a proverb, and a mockery among all the peoples to which
יהוה drives you.
"You take much seed out into the field
but gather little in, for the locust consumes it.
"You plant vineyards, and shall labour,
but you neither drink of the wine nor gather, for the worm eats it.
"You have olive trees in all your border,
but do not anoint with oil, for your olives drop off.
"You bring forth sons and daughters, but
they are not with you, for they go into captivity.
"Locusts possess all your trees and the
fruit of your ground. "The sojourner who
is among you rises higher and higher above you, but you come down lower and
lower. "He lends to you, but you do not
lend to him. He is the head, and you are the tail.
"And all these curses shall come upon
you, and they shall pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because
you did not obey the voice of
יהוה your Elohim, to guard
His commands and His laws which He commanded you.
"And they shall be upon you for a sign
and for a wonder, and on your seed, forever.
"Because you did not serve
יהוה your Elohim with joy
and gladness of heart for all the plenty, you shall serve your enemies whom
יהוה sends against you, in
hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in need of all. And he shall put a
yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.
"יהוה brings a
nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle
flies, a nation whose language you shall not understand, a fierce-looking
nation, which shows no regard for the elderly nor show favour to the young, and
they shall eat the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your land, until you
are destroyed. They leave you no grain, nor new wine, nor oil, nor the increase
of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.
"And they shall besiege you at all your
gates till your high and fenced walls, in which you are trusting, come down in
all your land. And they shall besiege you at all your gates in all your land
which יהוה your Elohim has
given you. "And you shall eat the fruit
of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters whom
יהוה your Elohim has given
you, in the siege and distress in which your enemies distress you.
"The man among you who is tender, and who
is very delicate, his eye is evil against his brother, against the wife of his
bosom, and against the rest of his children whom he leaves behind, against
giving any of them the flesh of his children that he eats, because it is all
that has been left to him in the siege and distress with which your enemy
distresses you in all your gates. "The
tender and the delicate woman among you, who have not tried to set the sole of
her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, her eye is
evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her
daughter, and against her seed which comes out from between her feet, and her
children whom she bears, for she eats them in secret for lack of all, in the
siege and distress with which your enemy distresses you in all your gates.
(Deu 28:1-57)
Blessings,
Rachael
someone to do something with. As many of you know, I am an only child.
Lonliness was a cold part of my existance growing up. I had very few, if any
friends... and those I did have as freinds, I saw very little of. I had to learn
how to be happy by myself, with no one to talk to, but either my parents or my
savior. Needless to say, I learned how to talk to my savior very well!
when I came of age, I would go to school, and hear my female companions
dishing on their latest date with their boyfriend... while I, would simply
listen... and imagine... what it might be like if I had a boyfriend... or even
just a freind, that I could hang out with and do stuff with. But, the cold fact
was, as soon as I left school... I went home, to sit in my room, by myself. I
had no one to hang out with.... except Yahweh.
I tell you this, so that you know I am well aquainted with this feeling. I
felt it often growing up! I remember sitting silently in my room, dreaming of
what it might be like if someday I met that one special somone... and we fell in
love. I read romance novels, and often times would "finish" the story in my mind
after I was done reading with what I hoped might someday happen in my own life.
I dealt with my lonliness in a dream world... that I created. Friends that were
invisable, that I would talk to... and pretend great dramatic things happened
to. Oh, I had a soap opera of my own making and then some! I would have quite
the story to tell, if those events I imagined had actually happened... but they
didn't.
One day, after seeing my friends marry their boyfriends, and feeling very
alone... I began to wonder if someone was out there for me? If I might meet that
special someone, that could be my very best friend, that I could fall in love
with... and hang out with... and have a family with...
But, I decided, that Yahweh would have to be enough for me. I determined,
that since I could not be a bride to anyone, I would do the best I could to be
Y'shua's bride. I began to seek the kingdom of Yahweh, and His righteousness,
and I did it with all of my heart.
That, is when I received the vision of my husband, Mark. I did not know it
was him, but felt romantically drawn to him. I saw his face, his eyes, his
golden hair... and even as I was attracted to him, I felt shame. I mean, at the
time, I didn't know if it was a man or an angel I had seen... and if it was an
angel, how could I be so attracted to him? I didn't understand, and I felt at
once guilty about my attraction, so I prayed.
That was when the deception came, with the truth. The deception was the
name... the truth was that he was my soul mate, and future husband. The name
given, meant beloved. I however, focused on the name... and lost sight of Yahweh
in the process. Now, instead of fully seeking Yahweh, as I should have, I began
to wonder about this person. Who he was, when we would meet? It became to me a
distraction... and all I could pray about was "him."
two years after the vision, I began really feeling the effects of lonliness.
I worked a job, and had a few friends... but when I came home, I came home to an
empty room. No one was there... I had no person, with who to share my thoughts,
my dreams, my hopes for the future... and I was alone. I felt it very acutely.
And, I was getting impatient. My friends had significant others... boyfriends,
spouses... I had no one.
In my lonliness, I signed up for a dating website, thinking if this man I had
seen was looking for me, perhaps he would have an easier time finding me online.
I did find a man... and he seemed to be the man of my dreams, even fit the name
I had been given by that deceptive voice. He contacted me, and I fell hard
for him. Suddenly, instead of praying... I was talking to him. Instead of
reading my bible, I was talking to him. Day in and day out... he was at the
center of my thoughts. In truth, the man became an idol to me. Instead of
seeking yahweh, as I should have... I sought this man.
Long story short, I did eventually marry this man. After the wedding however,
I felt a huge void. where Yahweh had once filled my life... I had neglected him,
for this man. And, this man, turned out to be a huge dissapointment! He was not
a believer, he had lied to me... and now, even though I had a significant other
of my own, I was still alone! I could not understand why. I had everything...
why did I feel like something was missing?
The truth was, what was missing was Yahweh. If I had not put the man in front
of my savior, I would have been able to see that the man I had unwittingly
married was not the man I had seen in my vision. My sight was blinded, by
my idol.
And, I paid a dear price for my sin. My marriage crumbled, my faith crumbled,
my mental health, and my emotional health fell into shambles. The man turned out
to be a con artist, who left me with a broken heart, a shattered faith, no
home, no posessions, and no family to support me. Apparently, the marriage
I had was one of his many scams, and it turned out to not even be a legal
marriage.
I was left on the street. With nothing, but a shattered hope. When I had
nothing left, it was then, that I looked up and realized my mistake. I repented,
and turned back to Yahweh. I began to earnestly seek after him, and determined
that no matter what, He would be first and formost in my life. I took to heart,
the verse which states:
Mat 6:31-34
"Do not worry then, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall
we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ "For all
these the gentiles seek for. And your heavenly Father knows that you need all
these. "But seek first the reign of Elohim, and
His righteousness, and all these matters shall be added to
you. "Do not, then, worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
shall have its own worries. Each day has enough evil of itself.
After that, events took place that I had no idea could happen. I ended up in
a womans shelter, and from there Yahweh gave me a job and an apartment. But that
was not all... when I could not pay for the apartment, He provided my deposite
and down payment. I had no furniture... my apartment came fully furnished, with
high quality furniture! I had no dishes, no plates... everything was given to
me. I had no food... and he provided me with food. I had just enough for my
needs... no more, no less.
I had no friends... he provided me with friends. Not just any friends, but
friends who were believers. He raised me up from the dirt, and the mire. He
dusted me off, and set my heart right. Then, as I continued to seek him.. he did
something even more amazing. He let me meet the man in my vision!
I am now happily married to my best friend. I have a thriving relationship with
Yahweh. I have not only a home.. but a house! I grew up an only child... and
now I have not one, but many brothers and sister in laws. My relationship
with my parents has been restored. I used to only have a used and very well
worn bicycle to get around on... now I have a car, and a motorcycle, in
addition to a brand new bicycle! I can go to the grocery store, and not worry
about what I can or can't buy. I have a nice job. I've even published not one,
but 3 books that I have written! Not only are my needs provided for, but I
have excess!
All of this blessing... because I choose every day, to seek first HIS
kingdom.
Free yourself from idols. Put Yahweh first in all things!
"
Hear, O Yisra’ĕl:
יהוה our Elohim,
יהוה is one!
"And you shall love
יהוה your Elohim with all
your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might.
(Deu 6:4-5)
"
And it shall be, if you diligently obey the voice of
יהוה your Elohim, to guard
to do all His commands which I command you today, that
יהוה your Elohim shall set
you high above all nations of the earth.
"And all these blessings shall come upon
you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of
יהוה your Elohim:
"Blessed are you in the city, and blessed
are you in the field. "Blessed is the
fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock
– the increase of your cattle and the
offspring of your flocks. "Blessed is
your basket and your kneading bowl.
"Blessed are you when you come in, and
blessed are you when you go out.
"יהוה causes
your enemies who rise against you to be smitten before your face
– they come out against you one way and
flee before you seven ways.
"יהוה commands
the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand,
and shall bless you in the land which
יהוה your Elohim is giving
you. "יהוה does
establish you as a set-apart people to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you
guard the commands of יהוה
your Elohim and walk in His ways. "And
all peoples of the earth shall see that the Name of
יהוה is called upon you, and
they shall be afraid of you. "And
יהוה shall make you to have
plenty of what is good, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your
livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land of which
יהוה swore to your fathers
to give you.
"יהוה opens to
you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season,
and to bless all the work of your hand. And you shall lend to many nations, but
you do not borrow. "And
יהוה shall make you the head
and not the tail. And you shall be only on top, and not be beneath, if you obey
the commands of יהוה your
Elohim, which I command you today, to guard and do.
"And do not turn aside from any of the
Words which I am commanding you today, right or left, to go after other mighty
ones to serve them. "And it shall be, if
you do not obey the voice of
יהוה your Elohim, to guard
to do all His commands and His laws which I command you today, that all these
curses shall come upon you and overtake you:
"Cursed are you in the city, and cursed
are you in the field. "Cursed is your
basket and your kneading bowl. "Cursed is
the fruit of your body and the fruit of your land, the increase of your cattle
and the offspring of your flocks. "Cursed
are you when you come in, and cursed are you when you go out.
"יהוה sends on
you the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke in all that you set your hand to
do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of
your doings by which you have forsaken Me.
"יהוה makes the
plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going
to possess.
"יהוה smites
you with wasting disease, and with inflammation, and with burning, and with
extreme heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew. And they
shall pursue you until you perish. "And
your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is
under you iron.
"יהוה makes the
rain of your land powder and dust; from the heavens it comes down on you until
you are destroyed.
"יהוה causes
you to be defeated before your enemies –
you go out one way against them and flee seven ways before
them. And you shall become a horror to all the reigns of the earth.
"And your carcasses shall be food for all
the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth, with no one to frighten
them away.
"יהוה shall
smite you with the boils of Mitsrayim, with tumours, with the scab, and with the
itch, from which you are unable to be healed.
"יהוה shall
smite you with madness and blindness and bewilderment of heart.
"And you shall be groping at noon, as a
blind man gropes in darkness, and not prosper in your ways. And you shall be
only oppressed and plundered all the days, with no one to save you.
"You become engaged to a wife, but
another man does lie with her. You build a house, but do not dwell in it. You
plant a vineyard, but do not use its fruit.
"Your ox is slaughtered before your eyes,
but you do not eat of it. Your donkey is violently taken from before you, and it
is not given back to you. Your sheep are given to your enemies, with no one to
save them. "Your sons and your daughters
are given to another people, and your eyes look and fail for them all day long,
and your hand powerless. "A people whom
you have not known eat the fruit of your land and all your labours. And you
shall be only oppressed and crushed all the days.
"And you shall be maddened because of the
sight which your eyes see.
"יהוה smites
you in the knees and on the legs with evil boils of which you are unable to be
healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
"יהוה brings
you and the sovereign whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor
your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other mighty ones, wood and
stone. "Thus you shall become an
astonishment, a proverb, and a mockery among all the peoples to which
יהוה drives you.
"You take much seed out into the field
but gather little in, for the locust consumes it.
"You plant vineyards, and shall labour,
but you neither drink of the wine nor gather, for the worm eats it.
"You have olive trees in all your border,
but do not anoint with oil, for your olives drop off.
"You bring forth sons and daughters, but
they are not with you, for they go into captivity.
"Locusts possess all your trees and the
fruit of your ground. "The sojourner who
is among you rises higher and higher above you, but you come down lower and
lower. "He lends to you, but you do not
lend to him. He is the head, and you are the tail.
"And all these curses shall come upon
you, and they shall pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because
you did not obey the voice of
יהוה your Elohim, to guard
His commands and His laws which He commanded you.
"And they shall be upon you for a sign
and for a wonder, and on your seed, forever.
"Because you did not serve
יהוה your Elohim with joy
and gladness of heart for all the plenty, you shall serve your enemies whom
יהוה sends against you, in
hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in need of all. And he shall put a
yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.
"יהוה brings a
nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle
flies, a nation whose language you shall not understand, a fierce-looking
nation, which shows no regard for the elderly nor show favour to the young, and
they shall eat the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your land, until you
are destroyed. They leave you no grain, nor new wine, nor oil, nor the increase
of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.
"And they shall besiege you at all your
gates till your high and fenced walls, in which you are trusting, come down in
all your land. And they shall besiege you at all your gates in all your land
which יהוה your Elohim has
given you. "And you shall eat the fruit
of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters whom
יהוה your Elohim has given
you, in the siege and distress in which your enemies distress you.
"The man among you who is tender, and who
is very delicate, his eye is evil against his brother, against the wife of his
bosom, and against the rest of his children whom he leaves behind, against
giving any of them the flesh of his children that he eats, because it is all
that has been left to him in the siege and distress with which your enemy
distresses you in all your gates. "The
tender and the delicate woman among you, who have not tried to set the sole of
her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, her eye is
evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her
daughter, and against her seed which comes out from between her feet, and her
children whom she bears, for she eats them in secret for lack of all, in the
siege and distress with which your enemy distresses you in all your gates.
(Deu 28:1-57)
Blessings,
Rachael