Ah January; where did you go?
The month of January flew by and we have already arrived at February. It is time for our recap of all the things we explored during the last month. Here are articles that we posted just in case you need to review:
COME AS A CHILD BIBLE STUDY
In case you do not know this already, the COME AS A CHILD BIBLE STUDY is posted to The IN SEASON Lifestyle Blog’s website every Thursday.
We started these weekly postings with the book of Genesis. Now we have broken down the bible into laymen’s terms with a weekly lesson that follows the scriptures page-by-page and word-for-word.
We’ve been at this for quite some time now. No one is in a hurry. We keep plodding along together and just taking our time. The approach is to see the scriptures as if we were children sitting at our Father’s feet and hearing the stories for the very first time.
The author of the blog always tries to publish summaries of these bible studies. Whenever we finish one book and head into another she begins to edit and compile what we discussed. She is taking her time in publishing these projects though. Each book of the bible is quite a project. So far we have Genesis and Exodus ready for your review.
Today’s studies are slowly progressing through The Book of Judges. That means we have already studied Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and almost all of Judges.
Our next adventure (coming up soon) will be to study The Book of Ruth.
A Leviticus summary is in the works and being edited. The Exodus summary is almost ready to be published. Look for it on Amazon.com. We will be making announcements as we go.
You can already buy the author’s summary on our Genesis study from Amazon.com. This summary was published in two books called THE GOSPEL HIDDEN IN GENESIS, BOOK ONE OF TWO and THE GOSPEL HIDDEN IN GENESIS BOOK TWO OF TWO. Both books are great and full of not-so-run-of-the-mill, thought-provoking information and spiritual nourishment. Find your copy by ordering these titles straight from Amazon at Amazon.com by title and author name in Amazon’s book section.
We are excited to tell you that we are planning to launch the summary of our Exodus study through our new book called EXODUS TO FREEDOM.
EXODUS TO FREEDOM will be published in March of 2024.
This latest book contains thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter which help to bring the thoughts of the ancient Exodus up to date with the happenings of our current culture.
Small group studies should enjoy these discussion questions we have included. It would be a perfect study to enjoy right before the Passover Season arrives. The book will make the subjects of Passover come alive for you.
EXODUS TO FREEDOM is all about how spiritual exodus brings freedom in a world severely lacking and losing their freedoms daily. You will be encouraged. Readers will review and learn new ways in which to help cope with spiritual transformation into the fast approaching future of this ever-changing and evolving world we now live within.
Keep watching the blog for more updates on this exciting new book! You will definitely want to add it to your collection.
Also; check in every Thursday to The COME AS A CHILD BIBLE STUDY posts which we blog. We are excited to invite you to participate in our upcoming study of The Book of Ruth. It will be uplifting and joyful.
In the meantime; here is the recap of our January lessons from The Book of Judges:
THE HOUSE DOCTOR
In case you haven’t noticed yet; THE HOUSE DOCTOR column of our blog is all about comfortable seasonal decorating. Yet; the story goes deeper than that.
The jest of The IN SEASON Lifestyle is to be living out the Hebraic calendar which God created. Sometimes that type of “living” means making your house festive and celebrating the seasons, even through your home’s decor.
The photos we furnish are usually always of one house, but you will be amazed to experience the changes that one tiny little home can go through when they are anticipating and celebrating the seasons of the year. This is accomplished by decorating the home to display and teach the lessons of the calendar days of the times we are living.
Please realize we are NOT about perfection in decorating; simply living out the joy that God puts into our months, weeks and days. The hope is to experience this through the thankful heart of a loving and grateful home life. We want our home, no matter how modest and simple, to be a welcoming place to gather. Each season brings a new way to accomplish this. It is our pleasure to share these adventures with you each and every month of the year.
If you follow us through a whole yearly cycle, you will be saying the same thing that our friends and neighbors have said for years. They usually say “this house NEVER looks the same; it changes with every season.” This is what keeps our home and hearth happy, welcoming, and much more interesting. You could say we are always anticipating each new day with joy. We use our home as a tool to do that.
AN APPLE A DAY
We haven’t mentioned our intentions with our AN APPLE A DAY TOPICS for a long time now. These articles have always been about health and healthy living.
The IN SEASON Lifestyle believes that our body, mind and spirits are the final temple that houses God’s Holy Spirit living inside all of mankind. That would mean that it is important to pay attention to healthy living spiritually, physically and mentally.
This month of January AN APPLE A DAY reviewed and refreshed some previous articles about getting organized and time-management. These aspects are important contributions to any healthy lifestyle. The articles cover subjects with techniques and lifestyle moves that bring peace and contentment into our days. These suggestions help to alleviate huge amounts of stress and anxiety which sometimes tend to accumulate through today’s modern fast-paced lifestyles.
A lot of these articles are updated from past articles; but we intend to build upon their firm foundations throughout the coming year. After these basics we want to begin to add lots of new suggestions and ideas for health, peace and tranquility in our lifestyles.
SEASONS
The topics we enjoy posting under “SEASONS” each passing month usually get to the heart of what this blog is all about; living out our seasons of life before God in the way that He directs us.
That sometimes means following God’s written instructions and traditions instead of man’s instructions and traditions.
Sabbaths are so important to us. Keeping the commandments bring us peace and harmony in our days. For order and harmony we love using the Hebraic lunar calendar that God hung in the sky. Our souls celebrate all that we have come to know about God’s great gift of time. The Hebraic lunar calendar is actually the meat of our daily life as we travel through each God-given season.
Following this calendar often translates into festive seasonal activities and celebrations which we love to share with others in The IN SEASON Lifestyle community. Some of our seasonal celebrations are man-made; but not forbidden by God. We try to be careful never to include pagan or sinful celebrations from carnal thinkers. Sometimes we spend time explaining these things.
Keeping God’s daily, weekly, monthly calendar is a wonderful and fulfilling way of life. God’s appointed feasts and festivals are amazing times for gathering and sharing our faith. We encourage everyone to do this.
Here is a recap of our SEASONS articles which were published in January of 2024:
MONDAY NIGHT MENUS
How could we be celebrating the abundant lifestyle and living life with God so seasonally if we did not incorporate that lifestyle into some of our meal planning? That is why the MONDAY NIGHT MENUS topics were born.
We hope we have provided some interesting recipes and menu plans for every season which has made your seasonal living and planning a little easier, more fun and adventurous.
In January we shared a little down-home comfort food along with some great ideas for celebrating Epiphany.
PEN ART
PEN ART is the sort of abstract name we chose to give a section of the blog that publishes our own version and style of art; especially including any type of literary flair. No one appreciates great literature more than us. We are actually always trying to create and share some of our own. The same is true of art, dance and music.
Often this part of our lifestyle translates into poems, short stories, novels, artwork, music, dance; etc. Whatever talent God has given forth. These should be explored and fine-tuned and offered for The Kingdom.
We enjoy thinking deeper into that thought. Your artwork, dance, music, writing, etc. are all gifts that you bring to God’s altar. When you share them with others you fulfill the purposes for which God created you. He loves to accept these offerings.
Talent was meant to be shared; not stored away. If you have poetry or short stories that fit the themes of our blog; we would love to hear from you with publishable samples. At the present time we are not able to pay; but sometimes just being published allows authors to move on to more lucrative places.
In January of this year we shared some of our own poetry in our PEN ART topics:
WHAT IS COMING IN FEBRUARY?
That pretty much wraps up January.
February is already underway here at The IN SEASON Lifestyle Blog. We are hoping this month will be filled with amazing surprises and new ideas. After all, it does seem to be the month of LOVE.
We will look at that subject in a godly way. Do you know and understand the REAL meaning behind St. Valentine’s Day?
Of course we will cover the subject of Valentines.
We might hit on a few facts about President’s Day too.
Our weekly COME AS A CHILD bible study will wrap up The Book of Judges and turn a page toward starting the book of Ruth. Be paying close attention to that.
For PEN ART we will have more exciting updates about the publication of EXODUS TO FREEDOM. Be watching for those details.
We are hoping to squeeze in a book review of Rachel Hauck’s latest book. One hint; we loved it!
MONDAY NIGHT MENUS will have several new additions. We are pondering an IN SEASON Lifestyle Cookbook at some point. What are your thoughts on that idea?
The articles on organization from AN APPLE A DAY topics will continue. We have more updates. How would you like to always know what you are going to make for dinner and even have all the ingredients already stocked and on hand. We have more updates to make your time expand into more important and valuable moments.
Of course we want to continue to explore new ways to make your day-to-day living easier. We also want to discuss different ways to prep for unexpected events. There is one calendar we did not mention previously that we think you might be interested in learning about. It helps us with maintaining the IN SEASON Lifestyle. Stay tuned to more of these articles in the days to come.
There will be a lot of other surprise subjects and topics as we ease into the heart of February; so stay with us and be blessed!
GAIL LANDGRAF/Blogger/Writer/Editor/Publisher of The IN SEASON Lifestyle Blog