Dear Doves,
 
      We are currently in annual days to reflect upon ISAAC! The shofar, the horn of a ram, is blown 6 of 7 days of the week during Elul. On Shabbat and the last day of Elul it is customary for the shofar to be silent. The call of the shofar is a clarion call to repentance and soul searching during a period of returning to the Lord called Teshuvah. A shofar is either from the right or left horn of a ram. The Avodah, the binding of Isaac, is a key Scriptural text, Genesis 22, read on Tishri 1 or 2. A  RAM was SUBSTITUTED for ISAAC.  Every time a shofar is blown is a time to reflect upon Isaac and his life. He was a miracle baby, and can remind us of the miracle baby later of The Messiah! And His substitutionary  sacrifice for sinners.
      How curious it is that a current tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, called Tropical Depression Isaac. Dan at prayers for the people.com has a fine and timely article on 8-22 entitled "From Heaven: He Laughs" noting this Tropical Depression 9. Ring a bell? That was the number of the theater in Aurora, Colorado. The name Isaac means "laughter" or "she laughed" from Hebrew. Jacob was the son of Isaac, Jacob's name was changed to Israel. The date of 8-23-2005 was the date when Tropical Depression Katrina began to form. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Isaac seem to be beginning and ending this 7 year period from late August to Late August of 2005 to 2012! It is highly possible that Hurricane Isaac will be gaining in strength in days ahead and may affect the Republicans gathering in Tampa, Florida for the Republican Convention from 8-26 to 28. The date of 8-26 will be a complete 7 years on the Gregorian Calendar plus 3 Days from the momentous day when Tropical Depression Katrina began to form on 8-23-2005. Are we nearing The Blessed Hope, after which the focus returns to THE COVENANT LAND AND THE COVENANT PEOPLE OF ISRAEL? May we soon greet The Miraculous One, The Christ, The Messiah of Israel!
 
With Love and Shalom,
Jean