Summer Vacation

Hello, Realmers! Perhaps you’ve noticed that I haven’t been hanging out on my blog very much lately and intermittently on social media. That’s because my summer is ramping up already even though it’s technically not summer yet!

For this reason, I’ve decided to take off for the next three months. I have quite a bit going on as I continue to write and edit for myself as well as my primary beta reader, who is so close to finishing his novel. I’m really excited for him. And, since I want to be a good servant and invest in other people, I’m going to step back and focus on those I love.

That’s not to say that I don’t love you, Realmers, because I do! But as I’ve said before, if I must choose between a well-written blog post or brilliantly written novel, I’m going to choose my novel every time.

So, I’m wishing you a lovely Shabbat Shalom. Stay creative and work happy. I’ll see you in September.

With much love, HL Gibson

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Shabbat Shalom to all those

praying for peace!

May He who blessed our fathers, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov bless the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, in their standing guard upon our land and the cities of our God on land, in the air, and in the sea.

May the Lord give our enemies that rise against us plagues in front of them.

May the Holy One, blessed be He, guard and rescue our soldiers from all trouble and distress and from all affliction and illness; and send blessing and success in all the work of their hands.

May He crush those that hate us below them and crown them with the crown of salvation and with the wreath of victory.

And through them let the verse be fulfilled (Deuteronomy 20:4),

“For it is the Lord, your God, that walks with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you.”

And let us say, Amen.

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Shabbat Shalom, Israel!

You are not forgotten!

Psalm 121

A song of ascents:

 

If I raise my eyes to the hills,

from where will my help come?

My help comes from ADONAI,

the maker of heaven and earth.

 

Her will not let your foot slip—

your guardian is not asleep.

No, the guardian of Israel

never slumbers or sleeps.

 

ADONAI is your guardian; at your right hand

ADONAI provides your with shade—

the sun can’t strike you during the day

or even the moon at night.

 

ADONAI will guard you against all harm;

he will guard your life.

ADONAI will guard your coming and going

from now on and forever.

 

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Shabbat Shalom to all those imitating the Creator by making great art!

Let me know in the comments what

you created this past week.

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Shabbat Shalom to all the

creatives making great art!

Sabbath is the celebration of life

beyond and outside productivity.

~ Walter Brueggemann

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“Unless one learns how to relish the taste of Sabbath . . . one will be unable to enjoy the taste of eternity in the world to come.”

~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Shabbat Shalom to all the creatives making great art by imitating the Creator!

In observing the Sabbath, one is both giving a gift to God and imitating Him.

~ Lauren F. Winner

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Shabbat Shalom to all the

creatives making good art!

I rejoice in the way of your instruction more than in any kind of wealth. Psalm 119:14

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A person should always engage in Torah and mitzvot, even if not for their own sake, as through it one comes to perform them for their own sake. ~ Pesachim 50b

Shabbat Shalom to all the creatives who make their best art when they imitate the Creator!