Tending the Temple Daily

  As we study the Word Of Yah, aka our Bibles, we will start seeing that our ways are not His ways. (Isaiah 55:8) Our Father wants us to learn His ways and apply them to our lives. (Proverbs 23:26, Psalms 81:13,Proverbs 8:23) For most of us this is a process. Yah is merciful and patient as we learn His ways.  Some changes are easy, others not so much.  We can find ourselves bargaining with Yah when we are asked to give up something we like, or change something that turns our lives upside down.  I went thru trying to compromise on these issues. But in the end I could see that the compromises were not working,  and I was still in disobedience.  Some compromises I tried were because the changes I was making were affecting others, and they didn't like it.  For instance,  my kids were still at home when we gave up Xmas and Easter for the Appointed Times of Yah. We used Hanukkah as a transition celebration.  Kids are used to getting gifts, they loo...

  Truth is truth and isn't changed because someone's perception is skewed.  Ouch! Watch your toes! There is no "my truth" or "your truth", there is only THE truth. Facts matter, precise language matters and we must stop putting our own personal touch on these things.  The mainstream media do this all the time.  Looking at ALL the facts, not putting aside the parts that don't fit our desired outcome, is what a wise person who wants to see the full picture will do. Listening to the full message, understanding the meaning of each word, cluing into who is the speaker, for whom is the message intended, the culture of which the speaker and audience are part will help is truly understanding what that message is.  Often people read or listen to a message and only perceive it based on their own personal opinions, biases, and limits.  The Holy Scriptures found in our Bibles are so often misunderstood and taken out of context.  Seems to me that those Scriptures a...

  Have you ever floated on a river? The current will take you with no effort of your own. Easy, breezy, relaxing and smooth, just floating on by...till you hit the rapids. Then you gotta navigate this river, trying to stay in the current while avoiding the rocks and debris in the water.  I feel like walking in The Way, being lead by the Holy Spirit  is similar. When life's circumstances are calm we can more easily float,  relaxed in the journey, relying on the current to take us. But when life becomes turbulent, problems arise, people treat us roughly bashing us against the rocks, broken limbs entangling us, we get off course. We have been moved away from the current,  now stagnant, caught up in the debris and struggling. We need to get out of the tangled mess and back into the current, the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in order to press forward on the journey of life.  As I  find myself in the tangled mess I wonder, "How did I get here?" The truth is I...