Sometimes it’s hard to let go. It’s hard to accept that you’re not always in control. I know because I struggle with this too. When we can’t get what we want or expect, or we’re unable to follow through with the plans we have for our lives, let’s try to keep the focal point of this week’s scripture meditation in mind.
“To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Just like the seasons, and the rising of the noon day sun, we can trust that everything in our lives will happen when it is supposed to happen. Why? Because Yahuah is in control and we are not. Psalm 115:3 says, “Our Elohim is in the heavens and he has done whatsoever he hath pleased.”
Don’t beafraid to let go of your own plans and trust in Yah. He never fails. It’s okay for you to let go. It’s good for you to listen in, and hear Yahuah’s voice. It’s good to follow His prompting, and to take action when He’s calling you to move. It’s also good for you to wait on Yahuah, and to let him strengthen your heart (Psalms 27:14.) So try not to get frustrated in the midst of whatever you’re going through right now. Just keep on trusting in Him. Enjoy the video below.
For Elohim hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
Remember, Yah is in control, so trust the process. Is there anything you’d like to share that came to your mind as you were reading this, or as you were meditating on Yah’s Word? Feel free to share in the comments below. Let’s encourage one another on this journey. You don’t have to walk alone, let’s lift each other up.
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Have you ever really stopped to think about that popular saying, “We eat with our eyes”?
Sometimes we choose what looks good, over what actually is good. Just because something is visually appealing, we often trust that it’s going to be good. Inherently we all know that this is dangerous on so many levels. Sometimes, the most beautiful piece of cake tastes absolutely terrible. Not only that, but it could also be terribly unhealthy regardless of how it tastes, which doesn’t do us any good.
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1
Yah invites us to go deeper than what we first see with our eyes. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1.) There is so much more to our spiritual journey that what meets the eye.
We may look around and see that, for some reason, we are not where we want to be. We may see that we are still childless, or single when we wanted to be married. We may see that we are still renting when we wanted to own a home. We may see that we aren’t reaching our goals in life, or with our health, or healing. But maybe we are just going through a process that is meant for our good.
All things work together for the good of those who love Yahuah (Romans 8:28.) So as we grow deeper in our relationship with Yahuah, we can trust that that He is good. Taste Him. Try a little more and more of Him every day. You will see that He is good, and He’s working things out for your good.
The Scripture meditation this week is focused on Psalms 34:8. The video clips are all footage from our Summer garden in 2023. I pray this video helps to warm you up inside, and to focus your mind on Yahuah, and the good plans He has in store for your life.
Oh taste and see that Yahuah is good. Blessed is the man that trusts in Him.
Psalms 34:8
Leave a comment if this video inspired you, or helped you to feel a little bit better inside. I hope the sunshine and the scriptures warmed your heart! Also, feel free to share anything that may be on your mind. If Yah has you in a place where it’s difficult to fully see clearly, and you’re trying to put your trust in Him more, you’re not alone. We all go through times like that. Let’s lift one another up in prayer today.
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“Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.”
Psalm 119:18
Over the course of my life, whenever I loose focus, or start to feel a little down, it’s usually because I haven’t been spending enough time in The Word of Yahuah. Over the past several weeks, as Yah has been prompting me to spend more time with Him, it’s been helping me so much to feel more alive! The Law really is a light! Creating new content on YouTube is a byproduct of that light. I hope to keep sharing new scripture meditations every week @setapartheart. That way you’ll have something to enjoy between new music releases.
There are SO many golden nuggets in Psalms 119. I love that chapter. You may have already seen the scripture meditation that I posted on YouTube earlier this week. It’s called “Revive Me in Your Ways.” It’s based on excerpts from Psalm 119. Being the longest chapter in The Scriptures, if I had recorded the whole thing, it would have been a 20-30 min video. But this little 2 min scripture meditation is just long enough so you can play it again and again.
I pray this video helps The Word to go deeper for you. I pray it stays in your heart and mind, and helps to revive you if you’re feeling kind of cold. Remember, Proverbs 6:23 says, “For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:” The law is light. Let The Word bring of Yahuah breathe new life and light in you today, so you can rest and be restored in Him.
The footage in the video below was all taken at Yosemite International Park back in July 2020 when my husband and I hiked up The Mist Trail together. Since then we’ve been back to Yosemite several times, and every time we see something new. So if you like these clips, let me know, I’d be happy to share more of these moments in Yah’s creation with you! Enjoy the video below.
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalm 119:105
One verse that isn’t in the video which I also love is Psalm 119:105. A sister on YouTube reminded me of it in the comments. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” The Law of Yahuah can bring you light on your darkest days. So if you ever feel dark or cold, especially on these cloudy winter days, choose to delight in the commands of Yahuah. I promise, it will change your life.
What’s your favorite verse in Psalm 119? Let me know in the comments below. And if you’re interested in me doing a full chapter scripture reading of Psalm 119 with Yahuah’s name – just a straight conversational reading, let me know that too. I know some people enjoy listening to the scriptures before going to sleep, while they sleep, or just while they are doing chores around the house. If that’s you, and you would enjoy having longer scripture readings in addition to these shorter meditations, I’d love to know your thoughts in the comments as well.
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Shalom Mishpacha! I know it’s been quite a while since my last blog post here at Set Apart Heart. How are you surviving the winter? I don’t know about you, but sometimes the winter months are hard for me. Even here in California, I really miss the sunshine. Regardless of the cold and cloudy days, Yahuah still reigns supreme! No matter what the weather, or circumstance in your life, Yahuah is, and always will be in control. He’s maker of the heavens and earth!
Exciting news. I’ve starteda brand new YouTube channel for Set Apart Heart. The original channel with the past 10 years of videos will still stay online as it is. I do plan to continue making music on the original channel in due time. Yah has just been tugging at my heart strings, telling me I need to spend more time just meditating on His word. And since there are so many distractions in life, I thought making scripture meditation videos, speaking aloud The Word of Yah, would be beneficial not only for my own spiritual journey, but for yours as well.
This week, Yah had me meditating on a few different Psalms and Proverbs that I pray will bless your heart. I put them together in a new video with footage from nature scenes that I experience in my every day life. The scenes are landscapes from our surrounding area, and the timelapse’s were all shot from my window at home. The rainbow at the end just so happened to shine for us on today, the very day I was finishing up this video! So cool right? Praise Yah. I pray that sharing these moments with you will help you relax and find rest in the beautiful Word of Yahuah. Enjoy the video below.
Our Help is in the name of יהוה,
Maker of the heavens and earth.
Psalms 124:8
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts on this new style of content. I’m open to suggestions as well if you have any verses you’d like me to make videos on for your meditation.
If you like the content on the new YouTube channel for @setapartheart I pray you will subscribe there, and share the content with those who might enjoy it too. I actually started the channel last week with a short relaxing video entitled, “Don’t Worry.” It’s just a little encouragement from Matthew Chapter 6, with clips from the sweet little birdies in my garden. I hope it blesses you as well.
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Spring of 2013 is when I first came to know Yahuah. I spent 3 months working on an organic farm with a group of people I didn’t know. They weren’t religious or spiritual at all. The farmer was just some random, regular guy. The group of young people who were working there were all just random people too. Regardless, I believe Yah led me there – away from all the people I knew, away from all the busyness, and the noise of city life; to a quiet place where I was essentially alone, surrounded by nothing but sheep, cows, vegetables, and a great big beautiful sky. Being in that environment allowed me to slow down and be still enough for Yahuah to reveal Himself to me. I learned His name and started to understand more about who I was in Him. Creation always reveals His handiwork. (Psalms 19:1) That’s how I know Yah is still in control.
Pics above are from the Spring/Summer of 2013 on a farm just outside of Ottawa, Ontario, in Canada. Loved it so much.
Ten Years Later
It’s been 10 years since the day I came to know Yahuah on that farm. There is still no doubt in my mind that Yah is in control. Over the years, Yahuah has always been my peace of mind, but in the last year or so, I’ve been feeling a special kind of peace. I feel rooted now. Like a tree. (Psalm 1:3) Now that I’m living out in the countryside with my husband, and we’ve planted our own garden, watching the garden grow constantly reminds me that Yah is love, and that He’s still in control. Spending time alone with Him, especially in nature, brings a peace and sense of balance that I have yet to experience in the same way anywhere else.
It’s not just a bed of roses
There are a million and one things that could go wrong. Attacks on every side.
If you’ve ever tried to grow some of your own food, you already know this. There are a million and one things that could go wrong. Attacks on every side. Literally, It’s not just a bed of roses. A gopher could start munching on your beets and potatoes – burrowing unsightly holes in your garden and stealing from your crops from below the surface. A deer could stroll by and decide your lettuce looks delicious. Snack snack snack. Another attack. That same deer might tell his friends, and then sneak in at 3am to munch on your peaches. (Yes, we actually waited up one night to scare them away lol). Wild turkeys could waddle into your strawberry patch and peck at your juicy little fruits. Squash bugs, tomato horn worms, cabbage moths, and grasshoppers are just a few of the pests that might start to snack on your stuff. And what are you supposed to do when all these things happen? Pause. Remember this – Yah is still in control. By His mercy and His love, Yah provides the harvest.
What do YOU do?
Our belief in Yahuah is what brings true peace of mind.
What do you do in your everyday life when attacks or challenges come your way? Trials may come at home. Stress levels may rise, pushing your family to the edge. Trouble may start at work. You could be forced into making a choice that could cause you to loose your job. Spiritual attacks may test your belief. You may feel depressed or get really anxious. So how do you handle it all? Pray? Fast? Meditate on Yah’s word? All of these practices are simply designed to remind you that Yah is in control. So if you ever feel helpless, it’s okay. Pause. Remember this. Yah is still in control.
You’ve been there before. Or maybe you’re going through some trials and tribulations right now. If you can identify with what I’m saying today, leave a comment and say, “Yah is still in control!” Our belief in Yahuah is what brings true peace of mind. I pray the video I made for you below brings you the same. By His power, and His love, you’ll see the sunshine, the hummingbirds, and some of the first Summer fruits from our garden. Yah gives us all we have! He’s still in control. I’m just here to remind you of this, and give Him praise.
Look at the birds of the heaven, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, yet your heavenly Father does feed them. Are you not worth more than they?
Matt 6:26
The song featured in the video is above is called “Yah is Love” from my album, Yahuah Acoustics Vol.2 I hope the song and the video above brought you a little more peace of mind today. Always remember, Yah is in control. His promises never fail. And yes, I am still working on the next album 🙂 Song by song, I’m recording here at home. Really happy with how it’s going so far. Hope you can be patient with me until it’s done. If you’re already subscribed, you’ll be the first to hear about it when it’s ready.
Leave a comment below if you enjoyed today’s post. I really love sharing little moments in the garden with you, and I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks for spending time here with me at Set Apart Heart.
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Rain. A blessing from Yahuah. Too little can lead to death and drought, too much can lead to utter destruction. Without any rain at all, where would we be?
“Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow upon the mountains…” Psalms 147:8
Throughout history our people always relied on Yah to send rain. Today is no different, Yahuah is the one in control. Just like a typical Mediterranean climate, here in California, we go through about 6 months of extremely hot, dry weather, and about 6 months of cool, cloudy weather with rains. For the last several years, California has been in a state of drought. The rainy season hasn’t been so rainy. This year, it rained so much that the drought seems to be coming to an end. Praise Yah! Yahuah is the one who sends the rain in its season. It’s a blessing to all those who are ready to receive it.
The question is, when it rains, will you be ready to receive it?
Many parts of California are actually flooding right now. In many places, the soil was left uncovered for so long that now it’s no longer porous and is unable to receive the rain. In our garden, we use wood chips as a covering layer. You may have heard of “The Back to Eden Method” made popular by Paul Gautschi. The wood chip mulch helps to soak up and absorb the rains when they fall, and slowly release the water and improve the soil underneath it. All praise to Yahuah, we haven’t seen any flooding here. The wood chips as a covering layer really works. We also use berms and trenches like you see in permaculture gardening. This helps the rain to sink deep into the garden, and be stored underground down near the roots of trees and other plants where water is needed the most.
Just like my husband had to work hard to build those trenches, we have to let Yah do His work in us.
My husband dug the trenches in our garden when we first moved into our home last year. Before we moved in, the ground was hard and compacted. You could visibly see lines of erosion where the rains were running away from the property down into the main road. This year is our first year seeing the berms and the trenches we dug in action. For us, the rain is a beautiful thing! As it rains, the trenches fill up, then the water sinks down into the ground where it’s needed. It makes me think of how much Yahuah wants to rain down blessings on us all.
Yah wants to pour out His Ruach, His Spirit in us! But first, just like my husband had to work hard to build trenches so that we would be ready to receive the rains, we have to let Yah do His work in our hearts so that we will be ready to receive His blessings. The Word of Yah can form our hearts into the shape of an open vessel, so that we can be filled by The Ruach Ha Chodesh, and bear much fruit.
“My Word that goes forth from My mouth – it does not return to Me empty, but shall do what I please, and shall certainly accomplish what I sent it for.” Isaiah 5:11
If you’re going through a dry season in life, don’t just let your heart wither up and become barren. Don’t let the distractions of this world pull you so far from Yah that your heart is unable to receive the rain or even hear His Word. The Spirit of Yah, The Ruach Ha Chodesh, wants to fall on you just like rain. And when it does, you will bare much fruit. So let’s keep our minds fixed on Yah; stayed on heavenly things.
‘“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares יהוה. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
Read Isaiah 55:8-13
The song featured in the video above is called, “Heavenly Things.” It’s from my album called, Peace of Mind. I hope you enjoyed it! If the music and the message on today’s blog post was meaningful for you, leave a comment down below and share your thoughts. It’s always good to hear from you, Mishpacha.
And thank you all so much for your support. Especially with the release of my latest single, Living Water Flow. Every download and every stream, on every platform, Apple, Amazon, Spotify, and even on YouTube, it all makes a huge difference, and I’m truly grateful for your support. Let’s continue to keep our minds on heavenly things. See you down in the comments!
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Hi there, I’m Hadarah Batyah. I sincerely believe that in order to have a spiritual walk that is authentic and true, the Word of Yahuah must be written on the inside of our hearts. That's why I write scripture songs and set apart music. Although I don’t have everything in my spiritual life all figured out, I know that Yahuah gave me the gift of music to serve Him and encourage your heart. I pray you'll be inspired by what you see on this blog. If you're curious and wanna know more- I tell it all on the About Page.
Hi there, I’m Hadarah Batyah. I sincerely believe that in order to have a spiritual walk that is authentic and true, the Word of Yahuah must be written on the inside of our hearts. That's why I write scripture songs and set apart music. Although I don’t have everything in my spiritual life all figured out, I know that Yahuah gave me the gift of music to serve Him and encourage your heart. I pray you'll be inspired by what you see on this blog. If you're curious and wanna know more- I tell it all on the