Morning Musings

I need to go back to blogging. I need to write......but it seems I have been doing much more reading than writing lately and cannot yet put into words the thoughts that are swirling......mostly concerning Israel and the present danger. I identify with Israel. Having been grafted in to the Commonwealth of Israel, these are my people. Yeshua's people. His people are my people. I find I have more allegiance to Israel than I do to America. If America turns her back on Israel, I'm with Israel. Hopefully the ties between the two countries will remain strong.

The voyage of the "Mariam" flotilla (named after the "Virgin Mary" and prayed for at her statue) has been given the green light by Lebanon to leave Tripoli to try to break the Israeli naval blockade on Gaza. This, even after Israel has bowed to pressures and liberalized the land blockade to allow more goods in. What will happen in coming days? Very worrisome.

Besides my fixation on Israel, I have become interested in reading Abraham Joshua Heschel. I wonder why I never heard of him until recently. I am reading God in Search of Man and so far I really enjoy his writing style and profound thoughts. Here is a sample:

When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion--its message becomes meaningless.

Yesterday I enjoyed sitting out on the lounge chair by the garden getting some sun and reading Heschel and Karsh (Palestine Betrayed). I am also very interested in learning more about the history of the Arab/Israeli conflict. It was interesting to read that there was a time when Jews and Arabs coexisted peacefully. It all could have turned out so differently. This book seeks to document where the blame lies for the current hostilities. Very compelling read. How did I get interested in history I wonder. Never liked it in school. Now I am fascinated with it. I want to visit historical museums. I hope to visit the museum in Culver that holds the history of the Academies. Wish I had an escort who shared my interests. Oh well, I like being alone most of the time. I just need to get braver about venturing out and about by myself and not fret about having no likeminded friends able to join me.

I want to hike various trails in the area. May have to do that alone as well. Others do it, why not me.

I need to get going on my day. I work for Dave today, and I need to go to Hamlet this morning. Wonder what else I will accomplish. My window of opportunity is narrower than I would like; my strength dissipates after a couple of hours of exertion usually. Very frustrating. Somehow I need to find "the cure" for this debilitating fatigue that comes and goes so mysteriously.

At least I was able to write something this morning.