{"id":58,"date":"2015-03-03T17:03:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.draherin.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2015-03-13T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T17:35:09","slug":"the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2015\/03\/03\/the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"The Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As with anything worthy of doing, there is a point to why I am writing this blog. The main focus of this blog is centered on faith, particularly Messianic Judiasm which is the original and oldest form of Christianity. Other topics will pop up from time to time, but I aim to keep the primary subject centered on G-d driven faith. In one respect, this blog will serve as a means for me to write about my thoughts, just like in a journal. In another respect, it will help me grow by interacting with you, the reader. Your comments are more than welcome (unless you\u2019re a nutjob, in which case I\u2019ll banish you to some darkened asylum).<\/p>\n<p>Another point of this blog is to \u201cspread the good news\u201d as we are often told to do in the gospels and elsewhere in scripture. For reasons that I can\u2019t yet explain, it \u00a0seems like I\u2019m being called to do this. It\u2019s a strange calling, I admit, but others before me had even stranger callings \u2014 no whale ride for me, thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2015\/03\/03\/the-point\/ark\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg?fit=640%2C378&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,378\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ark\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg?fit=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg?fit=640%2C378&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-215 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg?resize=300%2C177\" alt=\"Ark\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg?resize=592%2C350&amp;ssl=1 592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg?resize=100%2C59&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ark1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, let me point out the obvious \u2014 just because I espouse an opinion on this or that, it doesn\u2019t mean that I\u2019m right. Christ didn&#8217;t call us to be correct, he called us to be committed. Like you, I am human and I\u2019ve got my share of screw ups, let me tell you. For more about me, check out my about me page in the menu. But, I warn you! I\u2019m not really all that interesting.<\/p>\n<p>This is a place for me to write down thoughts and ideas that will help me to better understand Yeshua (that\u2019s Jesus) and how my life is supposed to glorify Him and Adonai. This is a place for me to express what I believe and why I believe it. This is a place for me to capture the moments of my journey in this life as I do my best to follow the greatest of the mitzvot (commandments):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>\u201cRabbi, which of the mitzvot in the Torah is the most important?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>He told him, \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">You are to love Adonai your g-d with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. This is the greatest and most important mitzvah.<\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>~Matthew 22:36 \u2013 38<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Come along for the journey. It will be interesting, to be sure. And somehow, somewhere along the way, we can open up more hearts and minds to Yeshua and Adonai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As with anything worthy of doing, there is a point to why I am writing this blog. The main focus of this blog is centered on faith, particularly Messianic Judiasm which is the original and oldest form of Christianity. 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