The Hebron Herald

38 degrees is not enough to keep this intrepid band from enjoying all that Hebron has to offer.  Of course the air conditioned oasis indoors is essential!  We enjoyed a lovely time of fellowship and prayer on shabbat.  It's always so enjoyable to sit around chatting, reading scripture and offering up our prayers together here at Hebron.  It has a different feel, a prophetic emphasis, a purpose bigger than ourselves.  This week we read and discussed the story of Esther and how it was a prophetic picture of the days ahead.  We don't observe the traditional times of Purim or Hannakah but nevertheless, it was a handy segue to study and discuss the prophetic nature of the story. Today we enjoyed a lovely visit from Nathan and Joy Chattaway and their gorgeous children Elijah, Gabriel, Michael, Esther and Gracie.  It was great to swap stories over lunch and hear how they're travelling at Zarephath.  We pray our Father's blessing on them and Zarephath...

The practical outworkings of our worship and obedience may look different from one individual to another, one family to another or one fellowship to another.  Here at Hebron it's a matter of looking after the land, stock, home and infrastructure to ensure that things are ticking along as they should in a timely manner; creating a refuge and oasis, now and for the future.  This week the flock were treated to some mineral blocks, which will provide necessary salts and minerals that they need to remain in tip top shape while they're lambing in the summer months.  The smaller top dam is well and truly dry but this would be the perfect time to get the tractor in there and dig it deeper, which would also have the bonus of providing good dirt for the vegie patch.  This dam is not spring fed so having it deeper would provide more water for next summer, provided it fills during the winter months. The vegie patch, or as I prefer to call it at times, the battlefie...

As I was watering the house plants this morning I thought I'd pop up a photo of the old hand plough and tell the story of why this is so meaningful.  This was part of a trailer load of stuff we inherited from Flea and I've always loved seeing it in the yard.  This hand plough is a constant reminder of Jeremiah 4:1-4 " For thus says YHVH to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to YHVH and remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds. " Interestingly the road just up from Hebron is called Humbles Road and sometimes as I drive past it on the way home I quote Isaiah 57:15 to myself  " For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Kadosh (set apart), "I dwell on a high and set apart place, And also with the ...