Who Loves You?

We were at an air show and saw two planes making a giant heart in the sky. What a wonderful thing...to see such a sign of love proclaimed in the heavens! This sign was done by two human pilots. It is easy to see...very clear...very obvious.

I wonder how many times we miss the other signs of love in the heavens...the ones written by Yahweh God's divine hands. He created a whole universe for us to live in and enjoy. He made our beautiful planet so precisely, according to what our human bodies needed to live. Why? He does not need us. He is Yahweh God. We are mere humans. He had no reason other than He wanted a heart/love connection with us.

Then...we blew it. The first man and woman wanted more and disobeyed Yahweh God. How sad. It was a perfect beautiful world and they were not satisfied with that. Their disobedience brought consequences that we see in the world today. Evil came in and the heart connection between us and Him was broken. The heart connection we have with each other is broken.

Yet, Yahweh loves us sooooo much that He made a way for us to be reconnected with Him. He gave us Yeshua. There is a price for wrong doing...and the price was too great for us to ever be able to pay. So, our loving Yahweh sent His Son to pay that price for us. What an incredible gift!

Go figure! Humans blow it. Humans disobey. Humans break that heart connection with their Creator. Humans earn a penalty for their actions. Yet, Yeshua pays it all for us. Why? Out of love. There is no other reason! Simply love. That same love will some day bring about a new heaven and a new earth where the evil and brokenness will be no more!


You can read all about it in the bible. Check out the 1st few chapters of Genesis, the 3rd and 14th chapters of John and the 21st chapter of Revelation.

How Much Dirt Do You Have?

Dirt...it can get in the way of everything, leaving an awful mess. It tracks into the house. It blows through the windows. It's leaves a coating everywhere it lands. Kitchen counters become unfit for food preparation. Dishes are not clean enough to eat off of. Dirt, dirt, everywhere!

How much spiritual "dirt" covers our souls? Are we fit to be used by Yahweh God? Are we fit to serve spiritual food to help meet the needs of others? Are we vessels of service that, like those dirty dishes, need to be washed clean?

When Yeshua/Jesus physically walked this earth, people typically washed their feet when they entered a house. This was because the dirt on the roads would get all over their feet. Their roads were not paved like most of ours are today. Washing the feet refreshed them, made them feel good and kept the house cleaner.

I have always appreciated how Yeshua/Jesus washed His disciples feet at the Pesach/Passover meal the night before He was taken. It was typically the role of a servant to wash feet. Yet, He took it upon Himself. Why? Why Yeshua?

Peter balked at the idea of his Lord washing his feet like a mere servant. He protested! What did Yeshua say? He said that it was necessary...that if He did not wash Peter's feet...then Peter would have no part with Him. Wow! Those are strong words. Again...why?

Peter was a jump right in with two feet kind of guy. So, naturally, his response was to ask Yeshua to wash his hands and head, too! Yeshua's response? Well, He said that someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed. He is already clean in other respects. Then He mentions that not everyone there is clean. One is not! Hmmm...again, why?

I believe all the whys are because this is a symbol of something far greater than simple feet washing. There is more going on here than simply removing dirt. What is He really saying in this action? Well, here are my thoughts on it.

Yeshua had to do it because it was a parallel of spiritual uncleanness. Only He can wash us clean of all the wrong things we do...all the wrong thoughts and attitudes we harbor...the wrong words out of our mouth...the wrong actions we take. When we come to Him and ask His forgiveness, He washes us clean. Not everyone in the room had really done that...hence, there was one not clean.

We live in the world. Our souls come in contact with the world just as our feet come in contact with the ground. In the same way that our feet get covered up with dirt and dust, our souls get covered up with the "dirt" of the things we continue to do that are wrong...things that follow the world's ways rather than Yahweh God's ways.

What is the solution? We need a soul washing. While we can wash our own feet; we cannot wash our own souls. We need the help of the only One who can. We need to bring those dirty souls to Yeshua so that He can wash them. Those of us who have already come to Him for forgiveness are already clean as a whole. It is only our souls (feet) that need continual washing.

What a wonderful picture we have here of how we can always come to Yeshua to be refreshed and made completely clean again. No matter how many times we stumble and fall into the dirt of this world, if we truly want to change and come to Him, He will clean us up again.

That is good news! Oh, wait! That is what the word for "gospel" literally means...good news!

Read all about it in John 13!

Where Do You Hide?

Children love to play hide and seek. They love to find those "special" places to hide out in. We also have our hiding places. You know what I mean...those places we run to when life gets to be too much. What is yours? Is it the bottle? Is it food? Is it sex? Is it drugs? Is it controlling others? What do you hide in, or behind, when you don't want to face life?

Yahweh God's Word tells us Who we should hide in. Instead of having confidence in those things we tend to run to, we need to have confidence in what Yahweh God says we should have confidence in...Him.

Psa 18:2 AMP
The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower.

Psa 9:9 HNV
The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

Psa 94:22 AMP
But the Lord has become my High Tower and Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge.

We can count upon Him to be there for us to run to for refuge. He IS my High Tower and Defense!

Abba/Father, please help me to remember that it is to YOU that I should run when life feels overwhelming. Please help me to not substitute anything, or anyone, in this world for You and Your love and shelter. Amen!