I thought the question was whether to hold on or walk away. Judaism taught me the deeper question is whether I am willing to evolve before I try again.
NEVER EVER! The Lord Himself called Israel "MY PEOPLE." He will forever and always have His Hand on the Jewish people. The unconditional Abrahamic Covenant spells it out clearly when it begins in Gen 12:1-3. Blessings or curses, people are to choose. But then He tells us that His People will be a blessing to the whole world. And they have been in so many ways. Those who have dared to "touch the apple of His Eye," will eventually feel the wrath of the Almighty. It is written in the Hebrew Bible as well as in the end of the Christian Bible.
Although I agree with you on the main, however there is no such thing as a christian bible. The whole of the Bible is still a Jewish book, even though the New Covenant is still not recognised or acknowledged for many.
Okay, I should have said "the Christian portion?" Because the Hebrew Bible does not contain the "Christian portion." Jane, I think you're kinda picking at threads. But okay, I'll clarify next time.
Thank you for showing me some of the quotes from Torah and the Sages from a new angle. Like most lessons the hard part is putting it into practice. When to try again differently, when to change, when to walk away.
Many decades ago a psychologist told me that when we stick with something when we no longer should it's called "turning a virtue into a vice."
In my emails, I sign with this phrase "God doesn't make it easy. He just makes it possible."
NEVER EVER! The Lord Himself called Israel "MY PEOPLE." He will forever and always have His Hand on the Jewish people. The unconditional Abrahamic Covenant spells it out clearly when it begins in Gen 12:1-3. Blessings or curses, people are to choose. But then He tells us that His People will be a blessing to the whole world. And they have been in so many ways. Those who have dared to "touch the apple of His Eye," will eventually feel the wrath of the Almighty. It is written in the Hebrew Bible as well as in the end of the Christian Bible.
Although I agree with you on the main, however there is no such thing as a christian bible. The whole of the Bible is still a Jewish book, even though the New Covenant is still not recognised or acknowledged for many.
Okay, I should have said "the Christian portion?" Because the Hebrew Bible does not contain the "Christian portion." Jane, I think you're kinda picking at threads. But okay, I'll clarify next time.
Thank you for showing me some of the quotes from Torah and the Sages from a new angle. Like most lessons the hard part is putting it into practice. When to try again differently, when to change, when to walk away.
Many decades ago a psychologist told me that when we stick with something when we no longer should it's called "turning a virtue into a vice."
In my emails, I sign with this phrase "God doesn't make it easy. He just makes it possible."
Setback. Hope. Change. And then Success.