Octo(ber) 8 =s New Beginnings
October is my favorite month for so many reasons. Beyond the near perfect weather in the five states I have lived and even the many places I have visited domestically and around the world, October is a month I have always claimed as my “new beginning.”
It is often around this month in Jewish communities the reading of The Scroll/Torah/God’s Truth starts at the beginning – Bereshit. In 2021 The Scroll starts anew on October 2nd.
Even the name itself means “new beginnings” when you combine this Greco-Roman word which means “eight” and the Hebrew meaning of the number 8 which means: eternity, new creation, first in new series, new birth, super abundance, new beginnings.
It is during the month of October I begin to wind down my year and envision and plan for the next year. I suspect the reason I start to close out one year and look toward and even plan for the next is because this is the time of transition from Fall to Winter. This is the season when the earth and its inhabitants make their final preparations to shut down for a bit and rest before they Spring back to life in the new year. Maybe my body has simply responded to the natural rhythms of nature….or maybe it is something else….
It was in the month of October in 1988 I left the town I had grown up in, my family, my childhood, my home, to start a new life at Stanford. While I would visit physically, I would never return to my place of origin emotionally, socially, culturally, intellectually, financially, spiritually.
It was in the Month of October (10/29/2006) I officially declared my allegiance to, trust in, and love for Yeshua as my Saviour and Lord.
It was in the month of October (10/27/2013) I married my perfect partner in Chris Mitchell.
And, it will be in the month of October (10/9/2021) the only child YHVH gifted me with raising, Greyson Tanner Motes, will bless our family with a “girl” as he marries Faith Alexandra Stelling.
I am near speechless with the magnitude of God’s Protection and Abundance. What highlights the inexplicable outrageousness of His blessings is YOU.
Seriously.
If you are reading this, it is because something about me/my spirit/His Truth resonates with your spirit right now and Our Perfect Parent wants you to know how AHmazing you are and how much He adores you.
Why else would you have read thus far if you weren’t also a blessing to me? Thus, indeed, THANK YOU for taking the time to participate in my life by reading this post.
I pray during this glorious month of October you feel God’s Presence in ways indescribable to even yourself such that all you want to do is lift up your hands and declare, “Thank you!” Shalom Aleichem
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Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell
Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell is an Author, Speaker, Coach of Wealth & Happiness with a mission to bring research, wisdom, and authenticity to others via “The Happiness Formula.”