Tending the Temple Daily

  I have been legally married according to the laws of my state and federal government three times. Only one of these unions is a covenant marriage grounded in Yahuah and His instructions for life.  Until recently I have carried such guilt and shame for my past failed marriages.  I have had really skewed understanding of the Scriptures about marriage,  divorce,  and remarriage. And I clearly received poor counsel from well meaning church leaders.  I found myself in the Pastor's office frequently during my second marriage seeking help. The fact that there was abuse in my marriage was not a secret.  My ex attended church with me often enough that people could see we had problems. Each time I asked for counsel, I was proposed the same question: are you being stiff-necked? The verses about being submissive and having an unbelieving spouse were quoted, and I was dismissed.  Not sure why I kept going back, maybe because I knew the answers were in my Bib...

  For several years I have been praying that the corruption in our world be exposed. I didn't pray for what should come next, repentance, but the election results have given me some encouragement.  I honestly didn't put much faith in the recent US Presidential Election, but my faith has been somewhat restored in the citizens of the United States. I'm also seeing this resurgence of family morals all over the world.  Everywhere people are rejecting "progessive"/antihuman policies.  It is without doubt that Donald J Trump has unified this counrty like no one else in my lifetime.  Many self important "celebrities" tried to convince the masses to not choose this unifying individual, and they failed miserably. So either the celebrities weren't as influential as they thought or the people are waking up and opening their eyes to the evil and darkness trying to take over. Both are most likely true. This waking up and opening eyes is also moving people to seek...

  I have one really great Christmas memory. I was elementary school age. After the Christmas parade, in which I had marched with my baton twirling class, my best friend and I were allowed to run around downtown enjoying our giant candy canes. This was 1970's, it was a real downtown, lights, music, happy shoppers, the works, an American Christmas!  For about 35 years of my life I believed Christmas was a Holy Day, an important Christian celebration, and as an adult, I religiously put up those decorations.  I accumulated debt to buy the gifts I was expected to provide in the family gift exchange, plus the excessive gifts for my kids, I attended Christmas Eve candlelight ceremony, I did all the stuff and found myself feeling empty and discontented every year. I was expecting more. I was expecting an encounter with God.  While raising my boys I couldn't bring myself to lie to them about Santa (or Easter bunny, or tooth fairy either). I had planned to do the whole Santa t...

 Dear Daughters: Harlie, Sarah, Britny, Millie, Tatum, Amy You are beautiful,  intelligent,  kind, and worthy. Don't let anyone tell you different.  If you will allow me, I'd love to share some wisdom with you.   Know your worth and don't look for acceptance or validation from someone who is incapable of giving it. Not everyone wants to see you succeed.  But your heavenly Father does. You were fearfully and wonderfully made. You were created on purpose with purpose. And I think you're pretty wonderful.  A man's greatest need in a relationship is respect. A woman's greatest need in a relationship is security, everything from finances to her friendship with her man. When there are conflicts, take a step back,  and see what needs are not being met. If you simplify the problem, then it's easier to find the solution.  Talk to your man, feed him information. The more he knows the better he can love you.  The Bible tells us: husbands love ...

The gift of the word of wisdom, the gift of the word of knowledge, the gift of faith, the gift of healing, the gift of doing miracles, the gift of prophecy or speaking Yah's words, the gift of discernment of spirits, the gift of different languages, both the speaking and interpretation. Acts 2:1-47, 1 Corinthians 12:1 -14:40, 1 Peter 4:10-11, Romans 12:1-21, Isaiah 11:1-3, 1 Timothy 4:14-16, Hebrews 2:4, Mark 16:17 is where we read about the Gifts of The Spirit. These verses cover what the Gifts are, how you receive a Gift, structure for using the Gifts in an assembly, purpose for the Gifts, and warnings and assurances about the Gifts. Yet, I still have questions.  First question: why don't we see believers in Messiah operating in these gifts in mass currently? A internet search says there are 2.38 billion Christians in the world. That's a lot of believers. So why aren't we seeing folks healing like Peter and Paul did? Why is there so little words of wisdom and knowledg...

 I began this blog/online diary during the Hanukkah season, with a rededication of the temple, aka my body, to Yah in mind. Well, as things go I've learned more about Hanukkah. The more you know,  the better you do.  I've changed how I handle Hanukkah due to the things I've learned.  Hopefully, I'm doing better. First  I learned that there likely was no miracle involving the oil to light the menorahs in the temple. This story was recorded in the talmud between 100 and 600 AD, but is not found in any historical documents.  Considering that this event happened approximately 160 years before the birth of Messiah, seems like it would have been recorded before 100 - 600 AD.  Even the Jewish historian Josephus excludes the oil miracle in his account of the Maccabean revolt. Second, I learned that the descendents of Zadok were not serving as temple high priests with the rededication of the temple (Ezekiel 44:15-16). The Hasmoneans, a Maccabean family, were pl...