Dealing with Disappointment

Lets face it; everyone suffers from disappointment in life.  It comes and goes, and the truth is, when we put our expectations into something (or someone) here on earth, we run the risk of being disappointed.
Yesterday it happened to me.  A few months ago I had submitted an essay for a scholarship award, which would [...]

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Ode to the one-eyed cats.

Today as I was walking about here and there, I happened to notice a bunch of one-eyed cats, like three in a row.  Of course, seeing millions of cats a day is not anything new (read all about it in this Med. Monday if you need to catch up), but for some reason I noticed [...]

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Technology Free

As you read in my previous post, I am heading south for the winter…. well, just 4 days… and not so much winter, but end of summer. Usually when I travel I take my laptop with me, so I can be connected to the outside world when possible.  This time I am purposely leaving him [...]

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When it rains, it pours!

As my mom said today, in the beginning of her email…
When it rains, it pours.
Well, its pouring!
…I’ve recently started up knitting again, and for anyone who knits (or knows the process) pulling on that single string can unravel the entire project.  I feel like at this moment someone is pulling on my family’s sweater string, [...]

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Move Along

This morning on my trek to Ulpan as I was listening through the shuffle selection of my music, the song, Move Along by All American Rejects began playing.  I don’t know if this happens with you or not, but certain songs can take me back to specific time periods of my life in a flash. [...]

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heads + trouble + lips = hijabs?!?

Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
This verse is Psalm 140:9, where David is speaking of his enemies.  Many scholars say its when he was fleeing King Saul, and thus referring to him and his men.  I want to show you a different take on [...]

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From childhood to adulthood…

I read this the other day on another blog and so I decided to steal borrow the topic for myself.  The question was:
When you were 16, where did you think you’d be at age 30?  (or, what did you want to be when you were a ‘grown-up’)
Growing up, I changed my mind A LOT of [...]

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Hyssop (אזוב)

Today in my reading, I discovered a little gem.  My jewel was found in Exodus, ch. 12 (The Passover).  While I was reading, I came to vs. 22 where they are told to take a bunch of hyssop to dip into the blood for smearing over and around the doorframe. I’ve never paid much attention [...]

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Saddened but not surprised.

I wasn’t going to, but here I am jumping on the MJ band-wagon to give my 2¢ about his life and death.  
It has been inescapable… the news, radio, internet, magazines, and even on twitter its the #1 topic.  No matter how you feel about him as a person, his impact on music and pop [...]

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Hope + Expectations = Vison

This formula has been stewing around in my mind, thanks to a series called Marked by Hope, by my home church pastor, P. Lee.  I have been watching the podcasts of the series, which is excellent by the way.  
I will admit….I have always had huge vision and great expectations.  Lately though, its my hope [...]

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

 
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
….If you haven’t seen this movie, then you must. 
A story of WWII from the eyes of an 8 year old boy.  A German 8 year old boy.  A son of a high ranked Nazi officer, German 8 year old boy, who befriends an 8 year old Jewish boy on the [...]

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The company you keep

“They” say you can tell a lot about someone by the company they keep.  I do agree with this, to an extent. I have quite a few different circle of friends, depending on where in the world they are located, but here in Israel I don’t really have a close circle of friends at all.
This [...]

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Relationships are hard!

Relationships are hard! 
Friendships, dating, marriage, family, or whatever kind they are there is one thing in common…..
Relationships are hard!

It seems like now matter how difficult it becomes or whatever pain they have caused, we seem to continue to dive back into them.  Sometimes I ask myself, “why?”  Why do I continue to trust after someone [...]

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Getting My Butt Kicked

Thanks to an extremely generous friend, I was given a 6 month membership at the most amazing gym in the city. (It was actually his remaining time, but he recently moved back to the states so I gladly received his leftovers.) I have gone for the past two days, and while its been great to [...]

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The Writing’s on the Wall

מנא מנא תקל ופרםין
(Mene Mene Tekel Uparseen)
My mind has been stewing on this passage for a couple weeks now.  It was right there in front of them. They could see it with their eyes, yet their hearts were not able to understand.  Even the scholars and wise men could not make meaning of four little [...]

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