Hebrew – Oregon Christian Girl

Be a Rekabite

When I was a kid, there was a general rule in the house for when my brother and I were misbehaving, like putting our feet on the coffee table or leaving clothes on the ground, and that rule was: would you do that in front of your grandma?

The answer, of course, was no. This was my mom’s subtle way of telling us to stop the action or fix the behavior.

….Whether we are telling quirky stories about why our grandparents fell in love or we are acting in a certain manner to revere a beloved matriarch, humans tend to respect the rules, lives, and hearts of their forebearers. But do we put the same amount of reference into our relationship with God?

Can We Challenge God?

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

Although this speaks about forgiveness of sins and the healing of land, I believe we can also know that God also reveals Himself when we are humble, we pray, we and seek His face. So, yes, we can challenge” God, but our hearts must be right and the better thing is to just ask Him to reveal Himself to us.

Finding Ourselves in the Word

I recently finished my third and final Hebrew class for seminary. Hebrew is unlike anything else I have ever taken, including Greek. With Greek, which I have taken seven semesters of total – four in undergrad, three in grad – all the letters were at least familiar. Not only do most of us know them …

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