Ramble On…

It has already been over a year since I left Washington D.C. and moved to Dallas, Texas – my hometown.  The past year has been somewhat of a radical departure from my previous life in Washington with the revisiting of early life experiences.  I came to Texas still walking in what had been poured out in the Spirit years earlier, but ten years gone before leaving behind a former identity and stepping into what had been understood many years ago sort of turns a person inside out.  Transitions like these are not easy, but knowing that the Holy One of Israel is ordering my footsteps provides the Peace necessary to continue the journey. 

“When Yahshua (Jesus) had finished these parables, He departed from there.  He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, ‘Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?  Is not this the carpenter’s son?  Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?  And His sisters, are they not all with us?  Where then did this man get all these things?’  And they took offense at Him.  But Yahshua said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.’  And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.  (Matthew 13:53-58) 

Even while winding down from the Washington experience through reconnection with family and friends, Abba was fulfilling His purpose through my hometown return at the congregation Baruch HaShem.  Baruch HaShem, one of the largest and most influential Messianic Jewish assemblies in the country, has a wonderful mix of Jews and non-Jews who come together every Sabbath to worship the Holy One of Israel.  I learned about Baruch HaShem while attending a Messianic Israel Hanukkah celebration in Tennessee a few years ago.  So when I moved to the Dallas area I couldn’t wait to check out this Messianic Jewish synagogue.  The three hours spent at the synagogue on Saturdays has not only become a spiritual lifeline of sorts but apparently the primary reason for my return to Dallas. 

When I first received the two-houses of Israel (Judah and Ephraim) understanding through a literal mountaintop experience in a small town called of all names Hirzel located just outside of Zurich in Switzerland, I have been on fire ever since sharing this understanding with others.  But I soon learned that just like the reaction Joseph got from his brothers when he shared his dreams with them so also some of those with whom I have shared the House of Ephraim understanding have not been too receptive.  I’ve experienced this backlash in both Messianic Jewish and Church congregations.  Because of those experiences, I determined to not proclaim the two-house restoration of Judah and Ephraim at any congregation that I might visit. 

In fact, I went to my new congregation Baruch HaShem with no intent to share with the leadership or anyone else anything about this subject, but the Holy One of Israel had other plans.  I never cease to be amazed how the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) manifests Himself for the glory of YHWH and the fulfillment of His Word!  Through a move of His Ruach (Spirit), that is, not by might nor by power, Abba has once again confirmed the truth of the two houses of Israel by delivering this message in a manner that only He could accomplish and only for the glory of His Name!  But the question still remains, although the message has been delivered has it been received? 

The answer to this question is not for me to pursue.  While Abba blinded me to His true reason for returning me to my hometown, all throughout the distractions of life during the past year behind the scenes He was fulfilling His purpose.  Who am I to question His ways?  They are truly outside the realm of human understanding.  But what I do know is that it is time to Ramble On!  Just like the words say from the famous Led Zeppelin song:  

“Leaves are fallin’ all around, time I was on my way

Thanks to you, I’m much obliged for such a pleasant stay

but now it’s time for me to go, the autumn moon lights my way

for now I smell the rain, and with it, pain

and it’s headed my way

Aw, sometimes I grow so tired

but I know I got one thing I got to do

A-ramble on, and now’s the time, the time is now

Sing my song, I’m goin’ ‘round the world, I gotta find my girl

On my way, I’ve been this way ten years to the day

Ramble on, gotta find the (Sabbath) queen of all my dreams”

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