First Thought

בֹּ֤אוּ שְׁעָרָ֨יו ׀ בְּתוֹדָ֗ה חֲצֵרֹתָ֥יו בִּתְהִלָּ֑ה הֽוֹדוּ־ל֝֗וֹ בָּרֲכ֥וּ שְׁמֽוֹ׃

Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. (Psalms 100:4)

We pray that you are still enthusiastically looking forward to each new Lesson of Hebrew GRAMMAR Quest. We realize it’s a long road that you have traveled, yet at this stage, it might seem like you still have a long ways to go before reaching your destination. Be of good cheer and do not lose heart!

God is working within you through these lessons! Throughout your life, you have likely had many journeys and many destinations. Each lesson you finish and each day you complete your Anki reviews is a small destination: an arrival of sorts that should be celebrated.

Many people who travel to Israel rightly look back on Jerusalem as the pinnacle of their trip. And in a sense, many “first-timer” tours are structured so that Jerusalem is the “grand finale”. However, if those tourists were focused ONLY on getting to Jerusalem, they could miss the blessings of the many other places they visited and the lessons learned along the way.

You are nearing the end of your journey! Keep focusing on Him! Make sure each day you are entering into His presence with thanksgiving and praise!

Figure 27.1: Golden menorah for The Third Temple in Jerusalem. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands