Longing, Joy, and the Northern Sky

As I stood beside a flowering currant bush on a summer day there suddenly arose in me without warning, and as if from a depth not of years but of centuries, the memory of that earlier morning… It is difficult to find words strong enough for the sensation which came over me… A sensation, of […]

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Valentine’s Day and Love

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the L-rd. (Proverbs 18:22 NKJV) We all know that Valentine’s Day is a corporate holiday. A day simply created to make money on going out to eat and buying cards and flowers and chocolate and jewelry. “I don’t need a special day […]

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The Promise of the Father

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the L-rd. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8, 9 NASB) G-d is other. He is not like us. And yet we are […]

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A Promise of Rest

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30 NASB) In my […]

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