OK ... so it's been awhile! I haven't felt much like blogging of late. I have my good days ... and bad days ... good moments ... and bad moments, but the light and love of YHVH our Elohim has a miraculous way of breaking through these times and causing my eyes once again to be lifted to the hills from whence comes my help! I praise you YAH my King!!
So on a much lighter note :o) ... I have just found the most incredible little book! A treasure trove of light heartedness, guaranteed to lift the spirits! I found this little book quite by chance (or maybe not) ... I guess I should know by now that Yeshua knows what I am in need of before I myself even know :o) and this book is a wonderful reminder, to stop and take notice of the little moments throughout out our day. The moments that seem meaningless and yes, maybe even a little tedious. To really appreciate all these wonderful , precious moments that indeed contribute to this gift of life. To change our perspective a little ... and to start seeing these moments for what they are ....AWESOME!!
'Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile. With a 24/7 news cycle reporting that the polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes are swirling in the seas, wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze, it's tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. But awesome things are all around us - sometimes we just need someone to point them out.
The Book of Awesome reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes' your grandma was right). With laugh-out-loud observations from award-winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, The Book of Awesome is filled with smile-inducing moments on every page that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time. Read it and you'll remember all the things there are to feel good about. The Book of Awesome reminds us of all the little things that we often overlook but that make us smile. With toucing, warm, and funny observations, each entry ends with the big booming feeling you'll get when you read through them: AWESOME!'
I really recommend this book .... and I have even decided to incorporate the word AWESOME into my daily vocabulary to remind myself ... that ... hey .. these moments are truly AWESOME!!
ENJOY!!
Ok - so I finished this amazing book!
This book is a must read for any-one interested in the beautiful Name of YHVH! Mr Johnsons joy in YHVH and his love for YHVH is absolutely contagious :o)
The question this book poses and does a good job of answering is ... 'What is the name of our Heavenly Father that is to be hallowed?'. Mr Johnson puts forth an engaging and challenging work filled with an enormous amount of textual evidence ( that one can research into for oneself ), this evidence includes a short journey into the Hebrew language and rules of grammar.
I have been challenged and enormously blessed to have read this book ... my intimacy with my King has grown and I feel as though I 'see' my very best friend in a re-newed light :o)
I would encourage all to read this book ... be prepared to be challenged to lay down what you think you already know and to start on a fresh and amazing journey!!
I definately give this book 5 stars.
A Jewish boy
A Gentile girl
A world at war
Norfolk, England, June 1936. "Celia kicked off her jodhpur boots with a sigh of relief. She would far rather spend her days outdoors in wind and rain, with freezing hands and feet, than live the life of a salon poodle. The memory of her year in London made her shudder ...".
When Lady Celia, daughter of the Earl of Besthorpe, meets Caleb Levine, a rising young solicitor and a Jew from London's East End, their mutual attraction horrifies her freinds and scandalises her anti-semitic parents. But just as she is an exile from her class, so Caleb is in exile from both his Jewish heritage and his now Christian family. How can their relationship survive? Can two world views ever meet?
My Servant Caleb is a story that spans from 1936 to 1952 and across two continents. This wonderful story is played out against the back-drop of a world war, the holocaust and the tremulous re-birth of the nation of Israel. A Jewish boy and a Gentile girl who against all odds fall in love and must both find their way to the Messiah of Israel. Caleb from all the traditions of his past and Celia from a world formed almost completely on class distinction and prejudice.
What I really loved about this book is that the author has managed so beautifully to portray the coming together of both Jew and Gentile into one people ... the Israel of God through this love story. The struggles that each one of us must go through as we struggle with eternal questions individually and all the shedding and leaving behind of preconceived ideas, vanities and lies until finally we meet together at the feet of our Saviour.
This book is rich in detail and calls into question the very meaning of home ....
This is truly a story that engages the heart and until you have read the last page is very hard to put down!!
Kerstin Sheldrake, is a German born in Berlin, she supports her English husband, Andrew, in the leadership of the Messianic Synagogue in Norwich, UK.
This is a book I highly recomment, I enjoyed it immensely and am a little richer for having read it.
Very few people (ladies) can resist a good old-fashioned love story, this is the story of how one woman fell in love with a man, a country, and a city, and the obstacles they had to overcome.
The author of this book, Elizabeth Robertson Campbell, is an accomplished South African artist. She lives in Cape Town (arguably one of the most beautiful places on earth!) with her husband ... this is her strory.
Elizabeth lived in Israel and fell in love with an Orthodox Jewish man. Together they overcame religious and cultural differences, life-threatening political and public persecution, separation and distance ... only to be put to the ultimate test of their love. Her story intertwines love for a man with love for our rich heritage in Israel and ultimately love for our Saviour and God. This is a self-published book that has found its way from her home in South Africa all the way around the world, it is a love story that will keep you turning the pages and on the edge of your seat right up until the very end.
I read this book in one sitting, and it is officially one of my all time favourites :o)
I believe that this book will challenge each one of you just as it has me, and will become one of your favourites that you too will recommend to others. There is nothing like a 'true-life' romance .... and just how does it end ... with happily ever after?? Well, you will have to read it to find out!!
Elizabeth is truly talented and you can see her art and visit her web-site at Elizabeth Robertson Campbell
So grab a cup of some-thing really good to drink and maybe something to nibble ... and Enjoy!!
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