Profile of An Israelite

A True Israelite is willing and able...

1) To have their heart broken, that is to have their love spurned, rejected, even despised

2) To be crushed, that is to experience overwhelming disappointment of their hopes, vision, efforts

3) To be betrayed, that is to experience promises made---promises broken; covenants made---covenants broken

4) To walk the dry and thirsty land, and be "a friend", that is one who will gladly share the last sips of water with their companion(s)

5) To live under the "rains"---early and latter---that the LORD sends upon their life, their work, their faith: Garlic on the Golan

6) To press on, walk on, hobble along, and bear the pain of the journey, the pain of their knee, the pain of their heart or their head...crying out for help, but not for the relief of quitting, of taking a different path, of turning aside, or of simply stopping

7) To finally be mocked as a fool---"Where is your God?"---in the midst of the dark night of their soul: impossible, apparently fatal circumstances, the death of Israel, and the failure of Salvation

8) To be "marked"

9) To refuse "No" as an answer, rather to insist: "Make room for me (us)!"

10) To be a "Bag Lady" One bag, two bags...acknowledging whatever I choose I must carry!

11) To be "homeless" temporarily, for a season, for a time

12) To be a "fanatic"

13) To slay that which must be "slain"

14) To be a Bride to a true Bridegroom