When we were gathered in the sanctuary listening to Eitan, someone asked him about the “ark” that houses the Torah Scroll. He went and opened the ark and brought out the Torah scroll and laid it on a table to teach us more about Torah. I was struck but not surprised at how lovingly and gently Eitan held, placed and unwrapped the Torah for us to look. “It can take up to a year to hand copy the Torah. They are usually written on sheep skin material. They can be of ornate or simple materials and cost from $6000 to $30,000 to purchase. Their production is very labor intensive”. When the first building that T. of Mercy met in was firebombed the only thing unharmed was the ark with the Torah and even the white curtain over the Torah was left unstained! No mere symbolism here. God’s Word IS living and sharper than a two sided firebomb.
The Torah is read with a “Yad”, a nice long instrument with a hand in the “pointer” position at the end. Yad is hand in Hebrew. God gives us His hand or Holy Spirit as it were to help read His word! How cool is that I thought, a Holy Pointer to help me read and understand His Word. I really need that every day! The one souvenir that Tracee really wanted from Israel was a Yad which was very appropriate as much as she reads the Bible.
Holy Spirit, I really need your Yad when I read Your Word! Please, oh please point Your Word out to me every day as I read it.
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