Tending the Temple Daily

  First off, please don't be offended by the title.  It's a take off of "it's the economy Stupid". In politics,  the economy is used to evaluate the health of a country. In a relationship with Yahusha, in this Christian walk, Following the Way, your fruit is how you evaluate your spiritual health.   A simple google search gives this result: "fruits of the Spirit" are a list of nine qualities or virtues that the Bible says are produced in believers' lives by the Holy Spirit. These fruits, as described in Galatians 5:22-23, are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  We can go deeper, I Corinthians 13:1-13 gives us a detailed definition of Biblical love. The Psalms are a treasure trove of wisdom concerning peace, joy, and faithfulness. The Proverbs guide us through patience, self control and many other virtues.  You can find counsel concerning good fruit throughout the canonized books and the extra b...

  A few weeks ago at work a little girl gave each staff member a little Jesus figure for their operatory. "This is her ministry" reports her mom beaming with pride. It was very sweet.  The office was buzzing with chatter about the little Jesuses ( is that plural for Jesus?) for days. Since then little Jesuses were ordered for our office toy chest. You get a prize if you're a good helper,  and now a little Jesus can be yours.   When the Jesus figures first showed up, I had a few thoughts that always occur to me when looking at a Jesus painting, how does this fit with Exodus 20:4  “You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under heaven"? If we're not worshipping the image are we still in violation by just having it? Did Christianity ever have a taboo on images of heavenly things? Seems like history shows us art has tried to reflect heavenly th...

  I have known Yahusha/Jesus and His Father since I was a little girl. I never hesitated, never doubted, even those years when I went my own way,  I always knew He was there.  I was aware that I put Him on the back burner, not the other way around.  I believed His promise that He'd never leave nor forsake me.  I've been Torah pursuant for over 25 years.  I asked for truth and Yah has been faithful to deliver.  Digesting the fact that I had inherited empty traditions, half truths and lies was (and still is) a bitter pill to swallow.  Sorting thru what I thought I knew, keeping what has proven to be true and discarding falsehoods, pouring over Scriptures,  and dictionaries to get to the real deal is exhausting and rewarding.  Yah has been 100% faithful to show me. He carries me along regardless of how slowly I move.  This brings me to what I really want to mull over. There is a younger lady I have "followed" on social media who made a...