A short and sweet explanation of things!

Yahshua
is the groom. Israel was the bride. They were married at Mount
Sinai. Did he throw away his bride and replace her with another? Or
did he remarry his bride? He REMARRIED his bride. I praise YHWH that I
am Israel! Through faith I am joined to his family and become his
bride. Who was the law given too? ISRAEL.. his bride.

Who's in Your Home?

This was on a blogger friends blog, she had read it in a newspaper

and it was submitted anonymously.



A few months before I was born

my Dad met a stranger who was

new
to our small town.

From the beginning, Dad was

fascinated with
this enchanting

new comer and soon invited him

to live with our
family.



The stranger was quickly accepted and was

around to
welcome me into the world a few months later.



As I grew up , I
never questioned his place in my family.

In my mind he had a special
niche.



My parents were complementary instructors: Mom taught me

the
word of God, and dad taught me to obey it.



But the stranger? He
was our story teller.

He would keep us spell bound for hours on end

with
adventures, mysteries and comedies.



If I wanted to know anything
about politics,

history or science, he always knew the answers about

the
past,understood the present, and even seemed to be able

to predict
the future!



He took my family to the first major league ball
game.

He made me laugh, and he made me cry.

The stranger never
stopped talking, but my Dad didn't seem to mind.



Sometimes Mom
would get up quietly while the rest of us

were shushing each other to
listen to what he had to say,

and she would go to her room and read
her books.

( I wonder now if she ever prayed for the stranger to
leave.)



Dad ruled our house hold with certain moral convictions,

but
this stranger never felt obligated to honor them.

Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home...

not from us, our friends, or
any visitors. Our long time visitor,

however, got away with four
letter words that burned my ears,

and made my dad squirm and my mom
blush.



My Dad was a teetotaler who didn't permit alcohol

in the
home, not even for cooking. But the stranger

encouraged us to try it
on regular basis.

He made cigarettes look cool, cigars manly and
pipes distinguished.



He talked freely ( much to freely) about
sex.

His comments were sometimes blatant,

sometimes suggestive,and generally embarrassing.



I know my early concepts about relationships
were influenced

strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he
apposed the values

of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked..... and
never asked to leave.



More than fifty years have passed since the
stranger

moved in with our family. He has blended right in

and is
not as fascinating as he was at first.



Still, if you were to
walk into my parents den today

you would still find him sitting over
in his comer,

waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him
draw his pictures.



His name? We just call him T.V.



(I'm happy to say that when we move next month, TV will not be coming with us!)

Aaronic Blessing

Babys Prayer

Oh how I wish I could mother one of these babes!  I would open my home to anyone considering abortion and try to nurture their spirit and fill them with Yahweh's love.  And if by the end of their pregnancy they still don't want their baby, at least baby will have a loving home already!

What I Believe. I am still human tho, and still mess up. But this is my statement of faith.

I desire to encouraging the believers of Yahshua (Jesus) to show their love for Yahshua by being a light to the world by living the blessed Torah obedient life.

I believe that Yahshua the Messiah is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. That Yahshua was crucified, buried and raised from the dead, ascended to Heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the intercessor and will again return as the Reigning King.

I believe that salvation is by grace through faith in Yahshua HaMashiach of Nazareth alone and that no one is justified before YHWH by keeping the Torah.

I believe that receiving YHWH blessings comes through obeying the Commandments given on Mount Sinai to Moshe.

Deu 11:26 ‘See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
Deu 11:27 the blessing, when you obey the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I command you today;
Deu 11:28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commands of יהוה your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other mighty ones which you have not known.


I believe that neither fear of hell nor hope of salvation is the motivation for keeping the Torah but love for YHWH alone is the reason we keep the Torah.

I believe that all have sinned and come short of the esteem of YHWH and that repentance is commanded of G-d for all and necessary for the forgiveness of sin.

I believe that all gifts of the Spirit are vital to the body of Messiah and should compliment the fruit of the Spirit evident in the life of the believer.

I believe in G-d the Father (YHWH), the Son (Yahshua), and the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) the creator, redeemer, sanctifier and sustainer of heaven and earth are One (Echad).

I believe in water baptism by immersion (Mikvah) and all who repent should be baptized in the name of Yahshua HaMashiach. Acts 2:38

I believe that there is only one true Elohim, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

I believe in keeping the feasts of YHWH. Lev, 23:1-44

We believe that the sign of the renewed covenant between YHWH and His people is the Shabbat. Keeping Shabbat shows our love for the Mashiach. Exodus 31:16, Isa. 56:6, Luke 6:5

I believe that Torah, YHWH's teaching and instruction, reveals the heart of YHWH and therefore is the expressed image of YHWH. Keeping the Torah is freedom from legalism and dogma of man.

I believe that Yahshua is the manifested Word of YHWH. Obeying Torah is the same as obeying Yahshua. Gen. 1:1, John 1:1

I believe that YHWH gave the Torah in written form through Moses to the Children of Israel, as recorded in the scriptures.

I believe in the restoration of the two Houses of Israel and the prophetic teachings about it. Jer. 31:31, Ezek. 37:15-22

I believe that Yahshua HaMashiach came not to destroy the Torah but to give it full meaning and substance. Matt. 5:17

I believe YHWH wants us to turn from a Torah-less lifestyle to a Torah obedient lifestyle and become His holy, precious & peculiar treasure.
I set before you Life & Death....choose Life! Deut. 30:15, 1 John 2:3-6

Deu 30:15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil,
Deu 30:16 in that I am commanding you today to love יהוה your Elohim, to walk in His ways, and to guard His commands, and His laws, and His right-rulings. And you shall live and increase, and יהוה your Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to possess.

1Jn 2:3 And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.
1Jn 2:4 The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jn 2:5 But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected1 in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

I keep all eight Moadim (Festivals of G-d) which are commanded to be obeyed. (am in the process of this)

One is repeated weekly, called Sabbath while the other seven are annual.

1. Pesach (Passover), which commemorates the final judgment upon Egypt and the beginning of our freedom from slavery. As New Covenant believers, we also see our Messiah Yahshua as the fulfillment by being the Passover Lamb, passing us from death to eternal life.

2. Hag Ha Matzot (Unleavened bread) is, in conjunction with and following Passover, a seven-day Moadim, when we do not eat leavened bread, only unleavened bread. Leavening is a symbol for malice and wickedness. We are to remove leavening from our lives.

3. Bikkurim (Feast of First Fruits) . It commemorates the resurrection of life from the ground (both seeds that are planted, and The Messiah Yahshua). Yahshua was the first fruit of many brethren.

4. Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) is the day following seventh weekly Sabbaths from the Feast of First Fruits, and on this day we observe Shavuot (commonly called Pentecost).

5. Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) (Feast of Trumpets - also called Yom Teruah) is in late summer. This is the day we blow shofars (trumpets). This is the Jewish New Years.

6. Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) falls ten Days after Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah). This is a day of fasting and humbling prayer.

7. Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) is an eight-day Moadim. This final festival concludes the annual teaching cycle of the Torah and is observed by dwelling in temporary booths (such as tents or light campers) Yahshua was born during this festival.


We also observe two other festivals that are not commanded, The first was celebrated by Yahshua our Messiah and recorded in the Brit Chadashah (New Testament). Next we remember the salvation of the Jews by Queen Hadassah (Esther).
1. Chanukah (Feast of Dedication)
2. Purim (Feast of Lots)

Voice For The Voiceless, Hope For The Hopeless (Bring Our Troops Home)

Combating Rape.....one woman's invention!

South African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rape

By Faith Karimi, CNN

June 21, 2010 6:15 a.m. EDT

Dr. Sonnet Ehlers shows a spiked female condom, whose hooks she says stick on a man during rape.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Doctor distributes anti-rape female condom during World Cup
• Jagged rows of teeth-like hooks attach on man's penis
• Device can only be removed by a doctor
• "It hurts, he cannot pee and walk when it's on," doctor says

(CNN) -- South African Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a devastated rape victim walked in. Her eyes were lifeless; she was like a breathing corpse.
"She looked at me and said, 'If only I had teeth down there,'" recalled Ehlers, who was a 20-year-old medical researcher at the time. "I promised her I'd do something to help people like her one day."
Forty years later, Rape-aXe was born.
Ehlers is distributing the female condoms in the various South African cities where the World Cup soccer games are taking place.
The woman inserts the latex condom like a tampon. Jagged rows of teeth-like hooks line its inside and attach on a man's penis during penetration, Ehlers said.
Once it lodges, only a doctor can remove it -- a procedure Ehlers hopes will be done with authorities on standby to make an arrest.
"It hurts, he cannot pee and walk when it's on," she said. "If he tries to remove it, it will clasp even tighter... however, it doesn't break the skin, and there's no danger of fluid exposure."
Ehlers said she sold her house and car to launch the project, and she planned to distribute 30,000 free devices under supervision during the World Cup period.
"I consulted engineers, gynecologists and psychologists to help in the design and make sure it was safe," she said.
After the trial period, they'll be available for about $2 a piece. She hopes the women will report back to her.

It hurts, he cannot pee and walk when it's on. If he tries to remove it, it will clasp even tighter
--Dr Sonnet Ehlers

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• Sexual Offenses
• South Africa

"The ideal situation would be for a woman to wear this when she's going out on some kind of blind date ... or to an area she's not comfortable with," she said.
The mother of two daughters said she visited prisons and talked to convicted rapists to find out whether such a device would have made them rethink their actions.
Some said it would have, Ehlers said.
Critics say the female condom is not a long-term solution and makes women vulnerable to more violence from men trapped by the device.
It's also a form of "enslavement," said Victoria Kajja, a fellow for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the east African country of Uganda. "The fears surrounding the victim, the act of wearing the condom in anticipation of being assaulted all represent enslavement that no woman should be subjected to."
Kajja said the device constantly reminds women of their vulnerability.
"It not only presents the victim with a false sense of security, but psychological trauma," she added. "It also does not help with the psychological problems that manifest after assaults."
However, its one advantage is it allows justice to be served, she said.
Various rights organizations that work in South Africa declined to comment, including Human Rights Watch and Care International.
South Africa has one of the highest rape rates in the world, Human Rights Watch says on its website. A 2009 report by the nation's Medical Research Council found that 28 percent of men surveyed had raped a woman or girl, with one in 20 saying they had raped in the past year, according to Human Rights Watch.
In most African countries, rape convictions are not common. Affected women don't get immediate access to medical care, and DNA tests to provide evidence are unaffordable.
"Women and girls who experience these violations are denied justice, factors that contribute to the normalization of rape and violence in South African society," Human Rights Watch says.
Women take drastic measures to prevent rape in South Africa, Ehlers said, with some wearing extra tight biker shorts and others inserting razor blades wrapped in sponges in their private parts.
Critics have accused her of developing a medieval device to fight rape.

"Yes, my device may be a medieval, but it's for a medieval deed that has been around for decades," she said. "I believe something's got to be done ... and this will make some men rethink before they assault a woman."