Lives 1st

  The Creator created a beautiful, pristine, balanced world. God didn't turn it into a poverty stricken, war ravaged polluted toilet, full of greed and injustice -- HUMANS DID! Even more so, just because those who wrote down the stories, which have been edited and made to reflect one group’s beliefs or viewpoint, does not mean the Creator, God, Whatever, Higher Power, is exactly what they described! They wrote and talked about "God" as THEY understood it. Continue reading at -  http://mailchi.mp/fc0909f3f964/stop-blaming-god-just-do-tov

The scribes of the Temple in Jerusalem were sources of the Wisdom of the Creator of the Skies, the Earth, and Life . It is impossible for a person to obtain an understanding of one’s place in the design and purpose of living without a humble approach to the Creator. The place the Creator designed for each person is called, “ FAMILY ” – a father, a mother, and a child . In our world, “family” seems to begin with a very simple need — a sexual attraction . In the first two stories in Genesis, humans were created by the actions of ELOHIM and Yahweh ELOHIM. The stories in Genesis are all about families. Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/7fd0f87ec804/empowering-my-family-and-friends-instead-of-saving-the-world  

  The meaning of the word “ God ” is something I never would have questioned in the church I attended with my family and friends until I graduated from high school. Of course, I would have never questioned the meaning of “ Heaven ,” either. I was taught that “Heaven” was “the place people go when they die.” Back then, if someone had told me that in Genesis 1:1 -- “Heaven is a solid dome-like structure located beneath the surface of deep water, and the earth is inside it!” – I would have thought the person was crazy!!! I had been wrong – “but wrong felt like right!” Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/4691753b3b49/navigating-the-matrix-of-divine-names-in-the-bible