Yeshua HaMashiach
Jesus the Anointed One
Messiah
Messiah
Savoir of the World
Lamb & Shepherd both
Slain before the foundation of the world for our sin.
Love of my life~and nothing I thought He would be~thankfully.
solitude. I have learned a great many things. One being to cast all my care upon him [Yeshua] who cares for me.[*1 Peter 5:7]..and then to pick up where I left off and continue to run with perseverance the race marked out for me, fixing my eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter my faith. [Hebrews 12:2] Even when the course has taken me places many around me have considered to be far less than desirable, desert like, extreme self sacrificing, perhaps even a tad bit crazy. To the point of being being approached and out right counseled that I ..."did not hear the voice of the Lord...." and I ..."was not in God's will for my life." at that present given situation or time, moment or given point in my life. 
However I am not alone in my spiritual life map leading me to and fro here on earth! In fact I am in quite good company! Let's just take a look at a few of the examples God gives us in the Bible...like - Noah, Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Esther, Mary (Jesus' Mother) just to name a handful of prominent examples most would know of. There are so many more in the word of God it would take paragraphs to list them all! Then there are believers that you and I actually know. Brothers and sisters in the faith who we have heard about in our own life time. Their incredible stories and testimonies. So many other men and women of God who have been obedient to do what the Lord has ordered them to do. Believers who have GONE OUTSIDE THE BOX - regardless of what PEOPLE MAY THINK. Yeshua/Jesus being our biggest and most Holy ~ perfect example.
Yes...
you heard me correctly.
I said Yeshua...I said JESUS.
According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus was one who was considered by the religious leaders of his day, to be an out-cast and trouble maker. He was known as one who hung out with sinners, drinking and eating. He was called a drunkard & glutton. [these religious leaders of today would be our churches and synagogues of today - the ones you and I attend- something to think about huh?] Can you imagine the Baptist's , Church of God's, Catholics, and Jewish synagogues, how they would treat Jesus today? Do you think Jesus would be embraced with open arms today?
Jesus was thought of as a revolutionary. One who went around disturbing the peace. Challenging the "up until then" perfectly fine religious order of the day. When he spoke publicly he scorned fame, family, property, and other traditional means of success.
Does this sound like the Jesus you picture in your head/heart?
Jesus was about as unconventional as they come. And we are supposed to BE like Jesus!
I mean how many times have I prayed that VERY prayer? "Lord I want to be like you."
You will notice I have placed many different pictures of Yeshua/Jesus through out this Blog post. They are examples of different denominations and peoples in those denominations and faiths "ideas" of what Yeshua/Jesus may look like physically.
Personally, I feel pretty comfortable saying that everyone of those artists would stand by their idea of what they think the Lord looks like as the most accurate depiction of his true likeness.I dunno, maybe they had a vision of Jesus? Perhaps. I know that I have...three times. Only one time did I see his face.
As for what Jesus looked like when he walked this earth before his crucifiction?
If you want to get real about it...Jesus was Jewish. So he would be of middle eastern descent. The word of God tells us in Isaiah 53:2 "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him", So I take that to mean, not particularly handsome. He was a carpenter was he was probably not scrawny, not like allot of these pictures we see.
Does any of that really matter? No not really. I don't think so.
What I think does matter is what we believe He is like INSIDE.
That is how the Lord looks at us. Inside out!
1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
So, this being said...on to the inside of the Lord's heart. Who can know the Lord's heart? Romans 11:33-36 reminds us that no one can know the heart and thoughts of God for the greatness there of is unattainable...but God himself knows his own heart! Jesus is "one with the Father" - God* [John 1:1-5]
So - jumping - to an unconventional statement Yeshua/Jesus says,
Matthew 10:34
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword"....[continue below*]
Yeshua is not talking about making war for war's sake here and this is where reading scripture in context is very important! Yeshua is talking about the sacrifice of following HIM.....what it means to become a true disciple of Yeshua is all about.
Serious stuff, huh? When was the last time you heard a preacher or an evangelist [at least in America] preach on this?It is one thing in a moment of passionate worship or intimate time alone with God to say, "Yes Lord! I will!" (hineni !) To what ever he would ask of us.
It is an entirely different thing to carry out that "Yes Lord." in reality....out of our "Holy Cloud" - if you will. When we have gotten back to routine, the daily grind of work or school in the presence of those closest to us, who weren't there...when the Lord spoke to us...so clearly....who didn't hear - His booming voice....or....His soft still voice and didn't receive that shalom peace- like we did. 
Suddenly, that moment in time when we told the Lord, "Yes I will!" (hineni!) is slowly becoming more of a burden and conviction as we watch the memory of that precious moment fade away in the face of down right adversity. As storms from all sides come against us, like JOB. Or, like Noah, it's not so easy to continue on building that Ark, believing those promises, staying put when everyone says you GO. Those closest to you tell you, you have not heard from God you are wrong.
Let me ENCOURAGE you NOW...Do NOT forget his promises! Always make time for The Lord - FIRST... if you stay close to the Master. Keep HIS WORD - deep and fresh within your heart. Feed on it daily. Stand firm. Make THEE Rock your Solid Foundation. Love everyone...Forgive always....Hold no bitterness in your heart....and continue to run with perseverance the race marked out for you, fixing your eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter my faith. You WILL make it and better yet...HE will be there waiting for you with a crown of Glory and a NEW Name!
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also....Jesus
Be yourself...you are beautiful!
Fearfully and wonderfully made in the likeness and image of God Himself!
I love you! God's Shalom Peace be with you this week as you seek him with all your heart in the secret place!
AmyColleen
*1 Peter 5:7 " Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
*Hebrews 12:1-10
" Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness."
*Galatians 1:10
"Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ."
Matthew 10 1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.[b] 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”
* John 1:1-5
Jesus the Word 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.[b] 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”
* John 1:1-5
Jesus the Word 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
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