Israel Adventure - Rebirth

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida I read yesterday in Matthew Henry's Commentary at Song of Solomon the following: "It's everyman's great business to keep up communion with God." I believe that this great business is what I keep. I rejoice in it. It is what I do. It is the reason. I joy in life. Colossians 3:17 KJV And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Some things do not change. Good that it is that way. We can have a mark, a standard. There is no reason to be lost. Pressing on to live in God's world. Hard work for it to mean anything. Every day. Romans 6:11 KJV  Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida The man's life that is hid with Christ in God, where or how does he find it? It is within. He must ferret it out. It is in the heart. He must call it out from within. God made man for himself. To be His friend. To love. For God is love. The essence of God is love. He must be found out. John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida We touch. We see. We experience. We are alive. We know. We can correct our way. Discipline. Difficult. Necessary. Jeremiah 10:23 KJV O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Carried along with it all. What will it be? Change agent. No telling. World in an uproar. Joy. The weapon of our warfare. Trust. Our resolve. God is good, within and without. No fear. 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Enduring. The Word of God. Will not go away. Forever. Settled in heaven. Carried along with it. To the place it will go. The Master of all Masters. Give Him control. He will be with you. Don't let Him go. There is none like Him. Song of Solomon 2:1-4 KJV 1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daught 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Finding a good track. On a good track. Possible. Proverbs 4:18 KJV But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Jesus is the shining light. The light of this world. How so few there be that find Him? Matthew 7:13-14 KJV 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.  Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Here and now. Always the starting place. Forward. A new day. The glory of the Lord. We must enter in. By faith you are saved. Always and forever. Psalm 118:24 KJV  This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.  Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida What I described yesterday, is not a little change for me. I have opened a door to me that will never be shut. Didn't even know I was opening it. It is a happy scary change in my comprehension of myself. There is someone in the room with me all the time. She doesn't even need to be with me for this to be so. I incredibly know and feel her presence continually and always. She must be the absolute other half of me, if this can be so. I hardly know now how to go on without her. But then I do know how to go on with my Nancy. We will go on together forever, As in, the Lord is our Shepherd as written in Psalm 23:1-6 KJV 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy ...

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Can you find anything to love? Never really did. Of late, yes. A little lady sunk her teeth into me and she will not let me go. A love like that is infinite. It has no boundaries. No end. Finally. I can't escape. Don't want to. Cannot get enough of it. Pretty fantastical that this should happen to such a hard nut as I am. To which all I can say is, Psalm 48:1-2 KJV Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida All in the midst. We all. Take our place. What will it be? Where will it take us? HEREAFTER. What an amazing thought to think about. It helps to be eighty-two plus. We read every day about the passing of the great ones among us. Where do they go in the hereafter? What happens to them? Before Jesus. Nothing. My uncle Irv said, "plant a golf ball in my grave to mark the spot." That's it. Coming up to the almost end. The sum total of Irv's thinking. Plant a golf ball in my grave. No more meaning than that. And they cannot see that they have absolutely no hope. John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. I'm looking forward to this everlasting life. At 82 1/2, the hope and happy expectation belong to me. What contentment can there be for me from any other quarter? Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida All the bottles are spinning. Everywhere. Always. And yet stable everywhere. What a fantastic platform it all is. Where are you seated? What do you see? We all see exactly what we need to see, no more. It is the Lord who makes the way. Colossians 2:10 KJV And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida What a fantastic composite of all things we have to look at . Love. God's love. To embrace it fully. Only you can do it. Have you become a mirror of it? The sweet spot. How can you stay perfectly in it? Elusive. Philippians 3:10 KJV That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida I am going to go out of this world leaving it much the way I found it. That is true for most of us. All we can and do is stay our eyes on Jesus, if we have the good pleasure of knowing reality in Him. An understanding built with reference always on scripture the key. Without that. Nothing. The truth is only found in Jesus. John 14:6 KJV Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida The hardest thing in this world are closed hearts. Nothing seems to go in or come out. Micah 6:8 KJV He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Further on and in. We carry it all. We enjoy it all. Seeing the spark in all. Victory in Jesus. My savior forever. He has taken us out of it all. So, we might enjoy Him. A quiet time with Jesus. Nothing better than that. Matthew 6:6 KJV  But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Have we stepped into it? Everlasting life. It is here and now for us. Jesus is now. A now reality. But you have to say yes to Him continually. You cannot say no. There is no such thing as a little Jesus. He is a jealous God. He wants all of you. All. That's Hard. Romans 10:15-17 KJV 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida What else is there, but to trust and obey. Here and now. Step into it. Always. The creation is so beautiful and wondrous. Every Spark is divine. All is not in order. God has a Problem. So, it seems. Man, the sinner in the midst of all. What can be done with him? Tell me a story. The cure. John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Holding on. Through all. We must go on. Psalm 46:1 KJV God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. God does not stop. He is forever going forward. We are engaged with Him. Whether we know it or not. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Hard to know. Sometime in pain. Darkness. Hard to see. Must go forward. Delight yourself in the Lord. For He shall give you the desires of your heart. We know and have our being in God. We have given ourselves up to God. This is all we know and can know. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida It's all so quick and easy. It's gotten away from us, But I am so set in my way. What do I want to be joined to? Nothing. But that is not possible. 1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. How does that work? Romans 1:17 KJV For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Awareness. Are you aware of His presence? Do you know Him? An intimate relationship. That is the answer. Psalm 27:4 KJV One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;  that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida If you are not trusting in the Lord, and you do not know your need for Him; you are missing out. He is the Lord of Glory. the one and only Great I Am. What do you look to? What do you know? The greatest thing to know is Jesus Christ the Savior. Psalm 37:25 KJV  I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Come along with me. No takers. The underlying foundation. Broken up, No place to go. No Place to hide. Psalm 11:3-7 KJV 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida What can we see? What can be seen? Our vision is limited. Where are we looking? I see Donald Trump looking for someone to talk to out of the maniacal satanic regime of the Ayatollah. A fantastic thing to look for.  Isaiah 64:4 KJV For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. 1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV Is like unto it. So, the focus is beyond and above what can be comprehended. Isaiah 59:1 KJV Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida What do we know about it all? What comes to us? Planted from the beginning. Our DNA. Not how we can be known scientifically. What was somehow planted by our families. Who are we? A little boy. Age 5. Given the honor of shoveling the first earth of what was to be the Hollis Hills Jewish Center in Queens, New York. That was me 77 years ago.  It is now Etz Hayim at Hollis Hills Bayside. It and all that has gone on with me have very little to do with who I am. Jesus is my Lord. Etz Hayim rejects that Jesus is Their Lord. Etz Hayim means Tree of Life. He is coming back for His people. The heritage of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. So, then we are not separable. It does not go away. It is forever. John 1:11-13 KJV 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of t...

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Moving right along with the days. The Lord wonderfully in the midst of us all. Whether we can see it or not. Our vision is constant on Him, if we have graduated to the point of having given up on all. Dwelling in the secret place of the most high God. Yes, direct your path to this end. 1 John 4:16 KJV And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Sometimes you have to push. You cannot stay idle. There is a time for everything under heaven. Basically, when the lady wants it done. It is time. Get it done. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida Oh, how very good the creation is and our connection to it. It is all so very connected. The connections need to be so very right for them to work. We don't think about this. Yet it is all there waiting for us. Psalm 119:89 KJV For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida There is only one God our King. Ruler of all. We have no other being to look to. Our savior and Lord. Scary times. Difficult to break free of all and focus only on the supreme being. Yet that must be our focus. Where else? Romans 8:38-39 KJV 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim

Greetings from Gainesville, Florida If the Lord makes you free, you shall be free indeed. How great thou art Lord. How very great. Thou calmest the sea and all in it. We are ready and able to do your will. Go forth. Go, be, do. Proverbs 4:18 KJV But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Shalom L'Hitraot Ephraim