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Your Invitation to View the House
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Inspiring you to enter
And unpack the motivations,
Toward a more Productive Life
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Read the following portion of Scripture from the Bible, and ponder for a moment what it means.
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
(Romans 10:1-2)
To those people, who are students of the Bible, especially, those ones who are of the Christian faith, that Scripture is, generally, thought of as being an exclusive reference to the salvation that leads to eternal life. However, those of us, who are also students of the history of that time, broaden this statement to include the preservation of the nation of Israel, as a distinct culture.
Throughout the history of the Bible, the people of Israel had maintained their religious culture, even through times of dispersion among the nations of the world of that day. However, at various points in the timeline of the Bible there was some fear that the culture would wither in the hearts of the people because of voluntary acceptance of their host’s culture and religious practices. In fact, this did happen to a large number of the Israelites. It happened in a fashion that was a reversal of a commandment of the LORD, as the LORD set that commandment forth in a portion of the Law of God that Moses delivered to the Israelites, on the tablets that Moses prepared, as dictated to him. This is that portion of the writing, as extended from what Moses delivered to the Israelites as the Ten Commandments.
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
(Exodus 34:12-16)
Throughout the history of the Bible, there was not a lot of fear that the entire set of the children of Jacob would disappear from the earth. There was, though, a great fear that they would be absorbed into the cultures of the various nations to which their captors took them; and, thereby, they would lose their national identity. So, what does this have to do with learning about life?
The forces that shape an individual are of the same type as the forces that shape a nation. Typically, these forces pull us toward conformance with some norm. There is nothing wrong with allowing our self to abide into some of these common forces in life, when the forces are operating in concert with the Spirit of God. However, we must still be aware of the different ways the LORD affects each one of us. Scripture declares that each one of us is a unique soul, with a unique path that we will travel through life. Yes, there are some very similar patterns, but, still, the way we step while traveling along these paths will be different for each individual. Careful attention to our unique relationship with God, and the peculiar way that the LORD calls us into His service, must always occupy our thoughts. We must be a constant student of our self.
There is, occasionally, a lamentation about the two students, who though they had a very similar educational experience, nevertheless, because one of them read a certain publication, while the other one did not; the reader of that certain publication excelled far beyond the other one who did not read it. This occasional lamentation, points us to the fact that there are varying abilities that we have; abilities that we use in varying assessments of opportunities, so that we can truly be in the right place for us, at the right time. The purpose of this site (and its associates) is to provide you with some tools to assist you in walking whatever path you are facing, in the way that gives you a chance to feel at ease about your self.
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To assist you along the path of your life, we have provided some resources for three of the phases of life, as well as some resources for three of the stages of our development. You can find these resources by proceeding to the tabbed areas of this offering.
On behalf of this site (and its associates), I ask you to accept its request for your patience; a request that I express in words that I have borrowed from an unidentified (by me) scholar of life: Please be patient, God is not finished with me yet.
You may also include this addendum: because the webmaster (me) is not moving as fast as the LORD can deliver His grace.
By the way, we add this note, without apology: “We are a "religious site". More specifically, we are a Christian-based site. Therefore, you will see a preceding Scripture for each phase, and for each stage. However, we are not (at this place) attempting to proselytize. If such occurs with you, it is by the will of God; and this is good, too.
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Phases of Life:
Healthy Choices for physical well-being
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Stages of Development:
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Pamper yourself a little more:
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Opening the door to your self:
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