The Meaning Behind Hallelujah House:
I knew the theme of our new blog would be preparation of the heart, health, home, and harvest, but originally the working title was A Prepped Up Life. I didn’t have peace about that title. I felt most would see it as a prepping blog not one that focused on the Father and how He wants us to live an abundant life by being prepared.
One afternoon in route to pick up my kids from school, I prayed about it. I asked God what He wanted the new blog to be titled. I felt like it should be another “H” word. As the traffic came to a stop on I-4, two women I barely knew came to mind. One named Lori, I’d met at a writer’s conference. After a pitch session with an agent, and his response to my book was “who cares?” Lori and I had ice cream together. I shared my story with her, my sister’s cancer, my friend’s cancer, and then my own diagnosis. I was only four weeks out of surgery and the pain from my double-mastectomy still lingered. Several times as I unfolded the story little by little Lori exclaimed, “Hallelujah!” Her exclamations of praise made me miss the joy I’d lost through experiencing cancer three times in a row. It also made me see the Hallelujahs in the sadness.
That night, Lori prayed for me in her room and thrust a note towards me the next morning. Scribbled on notebook paper, her note stated my story is a gift and will be read by many. God would provide the path for publication not to worry, just bring it forward. She wrote, “You are precious to Him. He sees you and has so much to come for your good and His glory.” I’ve kept that note on my bulletin board behind my desk as a reminder.
Another woman I met at a prayer dinner. Our dear friend Ed was diagnosed with bladder cancer recently, so we gathered for dinner and healing prayer. After praying over Ed, the group placed me in the center of the circle. This woman stepped up and pushed everyone out of the way, stating “I’m going to pray over this one.” She placed her hand on my abdomen and prayed God to remove any and all infirmities. She prayed God would return my joy and help me to dance and play the tambourine in my house like Miriam in the Bible. Her prayer was a song of praise. This woman also used the word “Hallelujah” many times in our conversation over dinner. I noticed it.
I wanted what both these women had. I wanted my House—my scared-up body from three major surgeries back to back—to shout Hallelujah again.
That afternoon in grid-lock traffic, after remembering those two Hallelujah women He’d strategically placed in my life to pray over me, I asked Him, “Hallelujah? You want the blog to be called Hallelujah?” Immediately, this song, “Raising Hallelujah” poured out of the radio, and the words “Hallelujah House” came to mind. “Hallelujah House?” Instantly, I knew that was what the blog was going to be called. I had a peace about it. No one would mistake this for prepping. My heart’s desire is for this blog to be an outpouring of love to women by helping to make their lives a bit easier. This website will provide content that will help you contemplate the majesty of the great Creator, prepare a healthy cookie for your kiddos but also look at ways to prepare your home for a future financial crisis. These are just some of the topics that will be covered. We will also be providing more video content.
Also, I’d like to open this blog up to other writers. I want to build a community of abiding women who feel they have something to offer the readers on the subject of preparing. If you are one of those feel free to submit your ideas and writing samples to tadams22@me.com.
I hope you will subscribe to this new endeavor by email and join me as we raise a Hallelujah in the house.
“After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.” Revelations 19:1 English Standard Version.
In the production of this video, I’d like to express my appreciation to cousin Matt Hodge for all the aerial videos, cousin Tony Sciacca for technical support, and my son Nick Adams for the ground videos and teaching his momma how to piece together a video…thank you son!
Raise a Hallelujah by Bethel Music. Written by Jake Stevens, Jonathan David Helser, Melissa Helser, and Molly Skaggs. Acoustic version sung by William Morrison.
