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Get your groove on

Get your groove on
When we make a decision and act, it builds a muscle. When we make it several times, we start to create a habit. After awhile, our decisions aren’t even conscious any more - they come naturally. Those habits become well-worn grooves on our path, helping to guide which way we go. Athletes develop grooves, being…
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Life and Breath

Life and Breath
Since the Bible is an Eastern book, truth is often conveyed through pictures and story. One recurring picture that is rattling around in my head (no comments please) is the idea of breath. Here are just some examples of this theme: God’s name – YHWH The Holy Spirit – Ruach HaKodesh – wind, breath Inspired…
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Calling YHWH: With my every breath

Calling YHWH: With my every breath
How should we pronounce the name of God? We don’t really know since, out of caution, our Jewish brothers and sisters stopped speaking it millennia ago. The Tetragrammaton, YHWH, is used to represent His name. Sometimes it is written out as Jehovah or others use Yahweh. It is commonly taught that the Name is missing…
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The Bitter Water Healed

The Bitter Water Healed
Marah, where God “healed” the bitter water, brings in a miscellaneous note to the previous studies on Jehovah-Rapha. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed…
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