Leaven

Leaven. When used in bread dough it creates a light, fluffy loaf that feeds many. In the book of Genesis, however, Adonia commanded his people to abstain from anything with leaven in it for one week as they prepare to flee the land of Egypt and into the Promised Land. Throughout the bible, leaven is seen as a metaphor for sin.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010, marked 40 days before Passover. I have decided to cast away all the "leaven" in my life for the next 40 days. This means I don’t watch shows that have any corrupt standards, the music I listen to will not have less-than-perfect morals and I will be cleansing my body from all processed food. In reading the scriptures that instruct us to purge our homes and lives from all “leaven,” I realized it would take more than a week to prepare!
In all the research that my family has explored, Paul Nison has been one of the most inspirational teachers of the Hebrew-roots movement. He teaches that in today’s time, the human body is being constantly bombarded with chemicals and poisons. He believes that the ideal way to eat is almost all raw fruit and vegetables and that eating during daylight hours is best. I have decided that for the next 40 days I shall follow this way of living. I am going to eat 2 meals a day and base it almost solely on things that have grown straight from the ground.
My life is so saturated in the ways of this world! I can understand the feelings of the Israelites when they didn’t want to leave Egypt behind. They had had generation upon generation who had given in, little by little, their way of life to adapt to the life of an Egyptian. The Leaven that had been mixed into their bloodline for years all at once need to be removed. Not only did this cause confusion, it created a mass revolt against their leaders. It finally took Adonia an entire 40 years to get rid of the filth that had clogged connection from the heart of the people to the head of the nation.
I can see my own life playing out the same way. I give in a little more each day to the mixing of my heart to the rat race of earth and sooner than I can believe, the trumpet will sound and I will need to purify myself. If I continue this pattern of submitting myself piece by piece, giving my time and energy to things that mean nothing and can only be detrimental to my well-being, the only road that I will inevitably be heading down won’t be so straight and narrow.

Radioactive Truth = Radioactive Youth

Dear World,
My name is Grace. Throughout the past 2 years my family and I have joined the Messianic movement. Up until then, I was taught, drilled, and tested the doctrine of the Christian church. I was raised to be a girl, and later a woman, that knew all the right answers and was a deeply committed to church related events and the “Salvation of others.” The transformation of my life and my family’s caused a nuclear social explosion that was visible on the church radar throughout the nation via friends and family. Although the mile marker that I am at now was well worth the road that was used to get here, it was not traveled without struggles and hardships. My relationship with everyone I knew changed. For some, I was accepted and able to talk about my findings and understandings with an open heart and mouth. For others, I was respectfully listened to, but the topic was skirted around ever since causing friendships to turn to acquaintances. And yet still for some, the way I am living my life is too much. I now have people praying for my “lost” soul.
After time and time again being scorned and shut down from any discussions on the Messianic movement, I decided that I should set up a website that I could freely speak my mind. My one goal for this site is to encourage and uplift torah-keeping teens that are constantly being thrown to the lions because of their faith. Although I know that it sounds like a total cliché but I want to invite all of you to come on an adventure with me. The Torah, the holy word of Yahweh, is the only tool that will be of any standing when going up against the adversary.
Shalom.