A Great Miracle Happened There
I could feel myself breathing in and out, slowly, deliberately. It seemed so quiet, even as beautiful music played in the distant background. Everything seemed so very far away. It was only me and Jesus, or Yeshua as they called Him. How did I get here? There I sat in a Messianic Congregation, among Jews and Gentiles worshiping Jesus in a Jewish Way. I was in a place and among people that I swore I would never be! These people are all fakes! I just know it! They are trying to trick us Jews into believing in Jesus as Messiah. Or, so I had always thought and was told to believe.

Through a series of events, my heart had opened up to the idea of attending one of these places. I was hurting deep inside and seeking something beyond myself for help. Now, the leader was asking a question. Would anyone want to accept Yeshua into their hearts? Would anyone want to pray to receive Him? He invited us to pray with him. Before I knew it, I began to pray, asking this Yeshua, the One I had always rejected, to be my God and Messiah! It happened in a whirlwind, but I have never been the same! Continue

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Lessons from a Bird
I find myself always walking by myself, just me and God, whether it is to class, my dorm, or anywhere else on campus. During those short walks is where I get most of my thoughts out and my mind gets to slow down. I was on one of those walks back to my dorm, more than happy that the weather in Tulsa decided to let up and stay warm. Something decided to catch my attention...

A bird.

There are countless birds roaming around on campus. Some make the gracious decision of leaving a reminder on the sidewalk (or as I discovered, on top of my car a few days ago), that they are here to stay. I didn’t know why of all days, today was the day I noticed a bird, sitting on top of the music building. The funny thing to me was that I wasn’t just noticing the bird itself, but the bird calls it was making. I was looking at the tiniest bird and out of it came at least five completely different bird calls. I’m no professional when it comes to birds by any means (if you couldn’t already tell). Maybe lots of birds are capable of making multitudes of sounds. I, Jessica, was not only in awe of this bird being able to do so, but it got me to thinking about everything that had gone on prior to my running into this crafty little creature from Heaven. Continue

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Esther—God Protects His Covenant People
Sometimes it’s fun to imagine what it would be like to have been born in a different era. Personally, I think it would have been fun to live during the “Roaring 20s” or the romantic days of the Victorian Era.

Even so, if God offered to transport me to a different era, I’d probably turn down the offer. Despite the fun I would have wearing the vintage fashions of the 20s and learning the elegant graces of the Victorian Era, I’d prefer to have available the technological benefits of the 21st Century (and I’m not referring to Facebook, microwaves, and Wii games.) I do not have any hearing, but because of modern technology, I can “use the telephone” (texting), “hear an alarm” (my cell phone vibrating), “hear the sermon at church” (typed out on my laptop), and not to mention, order a pizza over the internet! When I think about deaf people who lived in centuries before me, I feel incredibly appreciative of the time God has placed me in!

It says in Acts 17:26, “From one ancestor [God] made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and He allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live.” Continue

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