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Archive for January 25th, 2010

Hovering right at the moment

Monday, January 25th, 2010

I haven’t been using any weight loss products in my effort to drop 80 pounds, and I’m proud of that; all I’m doing is calorie-counting, and so far I’ve lost about 20 pounds, meaning I’m 25 percent of the way toward my goal.

However, it’s a bit tough to watch the scale waver on my week to week. I’ve stalled in dropping weight the past several days and have even gained a couple pounds back.

I wish it were a clearer path toward getting back down to about 170-175, but it wasn’t a quick, clear path reaching 252, so why should dropping it be any different, right? Hard work ahead; glad I have Yeshua as, among other things, my weight loss counselor!

Direction

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Can you believe what some people surf the Web to find? I mean, there’s a site out there with eczema pictures! C’mon, discussing Messianic theology just HAS to be a bit more pleasant, right?

Anyway, in the end I wrote five sermons on the parables of Yeshua; that’s a pretty good basis for a series on the parables. Trouble is, I’m not sure when I’ll get a chance to complete it, unless I just do them without delivering them.

But the truth is, it’s more important for me to pray and seek the L-RD and his direction on my life, right now. Ministry is hard enough when the L-RD is with you and leading you; it’s just about impossible any other way, at least if you want to do it in the right, appropriate and God-pleasing way.

Not all churches or pastoral/rabbinical careers are handled that way… but I want mine to be one that is.

My last two Beth Yeshua sermons

Monday, January 25th, 2010

These days I’m concerned with stuff like getting my teachings up on this site in a timely manner.

Such is the case with my last two messages at Beth Yeshua.

My penultimate sermon was on the Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Ruler. Shortly after I printed it out, my flash drive crashed and I had no backup; so to put it on my blog here, I’m going to have to retype it. Not fun work. But I do have the audio ready to upload.

Then there’s my final sermon for Beth Yeshua, on the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazerus; in this case, I have the text ready to go, but want to wait until I put the Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Ruler up, to keep things in order.

Decisions, decisions…

Worry and stress

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Some people worry about death and taxes. Yet the imperative from from Yeshua is not to worry, since each day has “enough trouble of its own.

Worry and stress can and do shorten life, so I don’t believe Yeshua was sharing a facile piece of advice here. He was speaking a kingdom reality. And a very practical one at that. Why worry and stress out over things that haven’t happened yet, about mere possibilities?

Far better, I believe, to deal with each day as it comes, exactly as He tells us to.

Closing strong

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Closing a congregation down isn’t fun work, but I do think we did well during our final service at Beth Yeshua this past weekend. But hey, one has to grow up sometime.

My final sermon (and I feel blessed Stan entrusted the final weeks of Beth Yeshua to me in terms of sermons) was on the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazerus, and although a very convicting parable, we somehow managed to end things on a very upbeat note, with the “Horse and Rider” praise song.

It was a great fourteen months. I hope I get a chance to be part of things when Beth Yeshua is relaunched in the future. In the meantime, I’ll have more time to seek God and improve my prayer life now.