Word Study – Say And Tell

  Exodus 19:3; “And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying: ‘Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel.’” What is the different between the house of Jacob and the sons of Israel?  Moses is to...

{ Lovesick For God }

Psalm 119:58 I sought Your favor with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word. While choosing a verse for the letter chet, the word sought “chalah” (חלה) caught my attention because one of its meanings has the idea of being lovesick. I also...

{ God’s Heart My Home }

Continuing in Psalm 119 with the letter Zayin ז Psalm 119:54 Your statutes are my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. Statutes is the Hebrew word  “chaqaq” (חקק) and means to engrave, prescribe, a law and it also has the  idea of boundaries, and limits....

{ Forever and Ever }

The letter Vav (ו) is the 6th letter in  the Aleph Beit and as a prefix to a noun, Vav means “and” . It is a letter of connection and  can represent the continuity and unification of both time and space. In this role, vav inverts time, connecting and...
{ Into the Wilderness }

{ Into the Wilderness }

I just returned home from a retreat at a Monastery in Iowa (pictured above) where I lived alone in the “Guest House”, located on 650 acres of managed woodlands. What a gift  I was given to get away with God in the wilderness…so quiet and peaceful....