FACT OR TRUTH

December, almost the end of the year 2012. It’s been a very eventful year.  Three years ago,  at the end of 2009, I published a lesson I was learning, Facts verse Truth. It is a lesson I continue to learn.

Facts verses Truth. I am still struggling with the power of it in every area of our lives. Often I need to look at the issues, each one as it comes, and deicide if I am seeing Fact or Truth.

Facts verses Truth.  Someone had said that the proof is in the pudding. If we have learned this lesson, even in part, we’ll see changes in our lives.  I believe that Willie and I are getting better at following Truth.

In health: The fact is that we felt some aches and pains this year.  However, while in 2009 we experienced major illnesses,  this year  we had victories.  We are slowing down and feeling weather changes; but, there is spring in our walk and this year we are able to climb up stairs, and I even started to jog.  We cut down the number of medications to a minimum and we discovered some great vitamins and DNA correctors.  These are all facts. We can feel them and, daily, we live these facts.

The Truth is that God heals. That did not change since 2009 when I wrote it first on the blog.  It is still true.  He created the universe wholesome and well. The Truth is that He gives us strength to go through the diseases and to learn to lean on Him for strength and for complete healing. We learned this year that He heals in different ways through different means, never the same way.  But His healing is available to us non-the-less.  The facts are moving away from our bodies, the Truth stays with us and strengthen us to walk in Divine Health.

We have learned that health is God’s business, and we are continuing to tap into that source.

In finances: The fact is that we do not generate income. This did not change.  We volunteer in governmental offices, we visit seniors in Nursing Homes,  we teach and pray and proclaim His love daily, but the busy life we lead do not produce an income.  However, we bought a flat in Nahariya and were able to secure a mortgage.  In the next few days will get the keys to it.  We are excited.  

Truth says that God is our supplier.  Truth changed Facts .  We are learning to hear His directions. When He told us it is time to buy a flat, we followed and experienced miracles.   We are living His promises of supplying according to His riches in glory.

The Truth is that when things looked really bad, He came through with provisions. That’s the Truth.

In family relations: The fact is that we are still lonesome for our family.  Our longing for our children and our grandchildren only intensified with the passing of time. We are missing them more then ever.  We would love to be able to spend more time with them. The fact is that we don’t hear enough from them and at times it hurts the heart. The fact is that we are very far away. 

The Truth is that we are connected with the love of family, and the strength of blood and the love of God. The Truth is that God allowed us a quick visit this year.  About 16 days and 8 flights connected us with the young branch in Western Canada and also enable us to attend Willie’s father 90^th birthday. It was a special gift to be able to attend that family event.  Also, we found our extended family in the land – all these cousins with their spouses and their grandkids.  We met for holidays and since some had died recently,  we also met each other at the grave sites.  The joy and mourning of life.  The Truth is that we are in each other’s heart and mind and that our visits when we meet face to face are filled with qualitative and memorable times.

The Truth is that love never fails,  and love will always connect us.

In daily life: The fact is that our past feeling of being small and insignificant are not plaguing us as often as before.  The fact is that during the recent war in South Israel – Pillar of Defense – we found the struggles with the language and the culture lessen.  During that war we realized how much we belong in this land and with this nation.

The Truth is that God had gone before us. That He had called us to return to Israel.  The Truth is that all things are possible to those who believe in Yeshua and are called according to His purpose. The Truth is that God is bringing His people, the descended  of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob back to His chosen land to populate it and to inherit it and we are but two of the many. The Truth is that Willie and I are called to prepare the way for others who will come behind us, and that God Himself already equipped us with the needed abilities, personality traits and know-how to blaze the trails.

Fact or Truth. Which one would we confess? Which one would we believe?

When Joshua told the new nation of Israel before they cross the Jordan, “as for me and my house we will trust the Lord” he had put before them the same question. He emphasized that we need to choose between Life and Death, between following God or our own ideas, between Truth or fact.

Three years later, Willie and I are continuing to choose Truth.