But, we are not required to. I am thankful that my God our Creator does not change; one of His expectations of me, is to self improve. Which requires that I change. Genesis 4:7a “If you do well, you will be lifted up...” The Artscroll publishers choose the word ‘forgiven’ for the Hebrew word that usually translated …
Tag: self-improvement
Living Faith
As of right now, the last day of November, I have not worked since about the second week of September. I have had a lot of time to spend on thinking and spend time thinking on certain scripture text. Last night was no difference. Those who may have taken time to read my blog describing …
Deceit Pt.1
There are at least two commercials that I have seen on TV that does not reflect what a God fearing person should be striving for. In these commercials they promote lying to get a desired want. The one lies to a little girl to teach exercise; the other one has a man hiding something so he has …
Don’t Hide Your Noah
In the Parsha dealing with Abraham and Sodom, we will find Abraham praying that if 50 righteous, that is at least ten from each city in the plain of Sodom. The book of Ezekiel tells us why God destroys the cities, that is another study in itself. When reading the English we do not get …
A Time To Reflect
I am in the midst of reading Seven Gates of Righteous Knowledge by Rabbi Moshe Weiner and Dr. Michael Schulman. Yesterday morning I read something about the Shabbat that I had not thought of and found it very thought provoking. In Chapter 2 'Contemplation Of The Noahide Commandments and Lessons from the Hebrew Bible' The …
The Lamp and The Light
Over the past week I have been pondering again the Noahide Laws, yet again and again I hear that they are not enough or that they are second class from those who are in the process of joining the Jewish people. This should not even be a reason for gerus, here’s why. As I have …
A Grain Of Sand
Have you ever seen what sand looks like from under a microscope? The borrowed picture from the internet on the left is a sample of what sand looks like up close. It has a magnificent beauty from the Creator; it also has a hidden strength assigned to it by the Creator as we will see. …
Moss & Memories
This past weekend, my wife and I was blessed to be able to fulfill one of our bucket list dreams, to stay at the Jekyll Island Club House. It was built in the 1880s, a playground for the late 19th and early 20th century American wealthy, with the likes of J.P. Morgan, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt …
ben Noach?
One morning this past week on my way to work I got to pondering about what it meant to me to be a ‘ben Noach’. For those who may be new to my blogs, ‘ben Noach’ is Hebrew for ‘son of Noah’. What is so special about that designation? What does it mean? Why would …
Nineveh – A Lesson for America
There is a Jewish and a non-Jewish side to the story of Jonah. The story for the most part has been turned into a cute child’s tale about a man and a whale. When in all actuality it is not about a whale for the species of the great fish is not given in the …
Emuna Trek 