Thought for Today: Friday March 22
YHVH has not called us to a place of perfect service, but to a place of faithful service.
I need a safe space to vent. So...
I was on nextdoor.com where there have been many ads asking for money to be taught how to sun worship or missionaries for transcendental meditation (tm) proselytizing in africa. Religious posts are not permitted on the main feed, i was informed after greeting everyone for shabbat a year ago. I confirmed this with nextdoor. They wanted me to report the offenders. Instead, i posted a reminder of the rules on nextdoor. I was told it wasnt a very friendly reminder, so i apologized. Then i was told those werent considered religious posts. Then i explained how it is sun worship and hinduism and that most tmers are full of deceit and fraud and that they teach polyreligion. Then i posted that i had found a few that were kind hearted and seemed to be honest. Im frustrated with myself. Im frustrated with lies people peddle. Im frustrated and agitated. I asked Yah to forgive me for being so easily aggitated. All this started because i wanted to share peace and happiness on the day of rest. (Happy prep day, by the way!) I feel bad because i get so worked up when religious differences come up. Why cant i be more loving when correcting others? They might actually listen then. Instead, i info dump and it sounds like bigotry. So mad at myself right now!
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This week's #torah reading begins the book of #leviticus (chapters 1:1-6:7, called #vayikra in Hebrew). Leviticus gets a bad rap: all blood, fire, and ritual. Most Christians dread it, but it's full of profound connections and glimpses into God's character. The central theme of the whole book is how to draw near to God, how to worship him. That sounds like something we ought to pay attention to. It's a big mistake to ignore it.
https://www.americantorah.com/....2017/03/26/vayikra-a
We run into trouble when we start to think we know better than God when it comes to justice and social order. God's justice is about restoration and protection, not vengeance, and prisons have little to no place at all in God's system of justice. #leviticus #vayikra
Note: The cities of refuge were not prisons. They were places for refuge, not for involuntary confinement as punishment for a crime.
https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/01/01/theres-no
For years I heard people say "Talmud is bad" over and over. One time I went searching for something and used it. I didn't find my answer. What I found is that it's just commentary on the Old Testament. Lots of which I already figured out on my own.
https://www.sefaria.org/texts
If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against YHVH by deceiving his neighbor...
Leviticus 6:2
Robbery, extortion, fraud, etc., are all sins against YHVH, not just against man. A thief must make restitution to his victim, make a trespass offering, and pay a fine to God.
Women’s Portion for Today: Thursday March 21
Ladies, guide your families not to just possess a faith in YHVH, teach them to seek the faith in YHVH that possesses them. (Prayer: Father, thank You that You reward those who place their trust in You. Help my family to build a rock-solid trust in You, through Your Spirit, in good and in bad times, amein)
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