Union with אלוהים
Love is as strong as death;
its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
Love’s flames are vehement flames of fire,
the very flame of Yah.
Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
Intimacy with a Holy God
One woman’s journey of walking with a kind God Who burns with ardent flames of love.
Queen Esther’s Way With the King
Reading time 1.5 to 2 minutes
Three days remain until our holiday Purim—when the lot was turned, and the hidden hand of God saved His people.
Queen Esther called for a fast three days before crossing the court’s threshold of the Persian King Ahasuerus. Before Queen Esther revealed her request for her and her people’s lives to be spared, she wisely and lavishly poured forth loving-kindness onto the king.
In light of the war with Iran (Persia) beginning, with sober hearts, we, like Esther, enter three days of prayer and fasting for the salvation of our people Israel.
Esther leads us in beauty and the way of love as we approach our King Yeshua. Before making our requests known, in the beauty of holiness, we worship the LORD:
Draw Me After You
“Draw me away, and we will run together.” - Song of Songs 1:4
Reading time: 2 mins 21 secs
Yeshua, I have known the kiss of Your tender words spoken to my heart, and I have delighted in the fragrance of Your Anointing that binds up the brokenhearted and delivers the oppressed and needy. Draw me away with You into Your chambers, my King of Glory, into the tabernacle of the Most High God where streams of Your Anointed Presence make my heart glad. (Psalm 46:4) Your nearness is my good. (Psalm 73:28) The high vision of my life is to love You with all I am and to pour forth love into others as I deepen in my union with You. (Matthew 22:37-40, John 15:4) Draw me into You!
I Have Not Forgotten You
Psalm 44
For ones who are suffering or even facing martyrdom.
(Reading time 3.7 minutes)
Within Psalm 44 are countless, insightful treasures in how to sustain a heart during suffering. These golden nuggets of wisdom direct us into a faithful heart of love that remembers our God Who spoke holy vows to us.
“All of this has come upon us and we have not forgotten You and we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant. Our heart has not turned back and our steps are not deviated from Your way. Yet, You have crushed us…and covered us with the shadow of death.” Psalm 44:17-19
Oh the beauty of a suffering heart that remembers the tender affections and promises of her God. Oh the endearment of the Bridegroom God Who gave His hand to us in an everlasting covenant of compassionate love, justice and faithfulness.
The sons of Korah, the authors of Psalm 44, are not strangers to feeling crushed. Their father Korah, a Levite, led a rebellion and their young eyes saw the earth open and swallow their father and friends alive after Moses prophesied the earth would open and carry them to Sheol. Yet, the Lord spared the sons of Korah. (Numbers 26:11)
These sons knew suffering and loss, yet, while in pain they were magnificently molded by…
