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I was a slow eater as a child. I would chew my food endlessly and my brothers used to tease me about how slow I was eating. My mom told me you’re supposed to chew your food 40 times according to Arabic culture and that stuck with me for some reason. Lately I’ve been remembering things from my childhood and ...

I’ll break the spell for you.  I’ll spell it out.   You’ve got it wrong my friend. You’ve got it all backwards.  “Be Holy as He is Holy” doesn’t mean “You better behave, or else…”    “Be Holy” is an invitation.  You’re welcome into the Holiness of God, to operate in His realm, to make yourself at home in who ...

I am not deserving of your love But then again – I am!   Not because of anything that I have done But you made me worthy Worthy of love Worthy of attention Even Peter was protesting when you were about to wash his feet.  No, no, no!  I’m supposed to wash your feet!  Yes Peter.  But I’m setting an ...

God has me in His pocket. The word “pocket” in Hebrew is Hosen. Hosen means pocket or the breastplate of the high priest! The root word means “contain” or “sparkle”. God carries me on His chest, like a precious jewel, just like the high priest wore the breastplate with the different gemstones as a constant reminder of the 12 tribes ...

Lately I’ve been taking up a serious battle against guilt. Guilt has been following me my whole life in a twisted kind of way. My new antidote against feelings of guilt is asking myself: Are you having any fun? This is my new motto in life: Have fun!   Through my life I’ve been feeling guilty about a lot of ...

I had a miracle happening to me this morning when I stepped into my kitchen filled with dirty dishes.  The Lord gave me a change of perspective. He said playfully, when I started to feel annoyed over the mess, like I usually do: What if you see these dishes as my goodness – never ending. It just keeps coming, more ...

The word for desert or wilderness in Hebrew is midbar and this word is related to dabar which means word or speech (that I wrote about in a different blog post) https://declogblog.com/dabar/. The wilderness is a place for divine encounter where God reveals Himself. When we get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life we can hear God ...

Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of opinions from different people. It wears me out. I hear the point they are making but then I listen to somebody else’s opinion and I think their opinion makes sense too. I might not agree with all of it, but I can see where they are coming from and I understand how ...

Late bloomer I was a late bloomer growing up. I hit puberty later than most of my classmates and I stayed childish in my ways when my peers started showing interest in boys and partying. I think I’m still childish in that sense. That interest never sparked in me. I’m more interested in nature, books and God. I believe it’s ...