poetry

  • Learning to Love: Day 3

    To Know My Lord Let me see Your complexion,Every freckle, every hair of Your face,Every curl of Your head if it is curled,Every twinkle from the deep eyes of grace.Let me remember the curve of Your chin,Your nose, Your cheeks… Continue reading

    Learning to Love: Day 3
  • Learning to Love: Day 2

    One Day One day this age will be of old,Its trials presenting us as goldIn the new era of the earth.That day will prove our truest worth–Our only value found in Christ.Praised be His Name as the Highest!This age is… Continue reading

    Learning to Love: Day 2
  • Learning to Love: Day 1

    Like I promised, I’m going to repost the poems and devotionals from my book Learning to Love: A Collection of Poetry and 40 Daily Devotions. I posted them all on my blog as I wrote the book and took them… Continue reading

    Learning to Love: Day 1
  • When You Set up Your Light, Follow His Instructions

    This portion covers some more instructions for the menorah, setting apart the Levites, for observing the Passover if you were unclean at the actual time of Passover, for how Israel followed the Shekinah through the wilderness, instructions for the silver… Continue reading

    When You Set up Your Light, Follow His Instructions
  • Restitution, Jealousy, Vows, and Blessing

    The next portion of Scripture in the reading schedule is Naso (Take), which was read this year on May 23. The Scripture is cited above for your convenience. I suggest you look at the Scripture first before reading my post,… Continue reading

    Restitution, Jealousy, Vows, and Blessing
  • Rest and Freedom by His Regulation: Shmita, Jubilee, Israel, and Human Value

    In this post, I will cover the Shmita and the significance of the latter blessing that will ultimately be found in Messiah, the Jubilee (or Yovel) and how that ties to both Messiah and the unfulfilled destiny of Israel, and… Continue reading

    Rest and Freedom by His Regulation: Shmita, Jubilee, Israel, and Human Value
  • How God Speaks Through His Appointed Times

    The Parsha reading that I will cover in this entry is Emor (Speak), which was read in synagogues on May 2 this year. From this portion, I will cover the standard of holiness for the priests, the standard of perfection… Continue reading

    How God Speaks Through His Appointed Times
  • The Day of Atonement, the Goats, and the Crimson Thread

    I am super excited to get into this next Parsha, which is a double portion, Acharei Mot (After the Death) and K’doshim (Holy People), which was read in synagogues for April 25 this year. Jesus, as Messiah, not only fulfilled… Continue reading

    The Day of Atonement, the Goats, and the Crimson Thread
  • Distinguish between the Clean and Unclean

    As I catch up on the Torah schedule, my post for today is about Shmini (Eighth), scheduled to be read April 11, 2026. This portion covers the first sacrifice Aaron and his sons make to the Lord after being consecrated,… Continue reading

    Distinguish between the Clean and Unclean
  • God’s Everlasting Plan for Israel

    Replacement theology says God has replaced Israel with the Church because they rejected the Messiah, that they are at best just like any other nation. The world apart from church theology says Israel is an evil baby-killing occupier guilty of… Continue reading

    God’s Everlasting Plan for Israel