{"id":2886,"date":"2014-04-24T23:48:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T03:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2014-04-24T23:48:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T03:48:39","slug":"books-we-are-reading-and-update-on-ruthie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2886","title":{"rendered":"Books we are Reading and Update on Ruthie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I, Kim, am currently reading this book,\u00a0<em>Sitting at the feet of Rabbi Jesus, How the Jewishness of Jesus can Tranform your Faith.<\/em> \u00a0This book was actually recommended to me by<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2887 alignright\" style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\" alt=\"download\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/04\/download-196x300.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/04\/download-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/04\/download.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>Joel&#8217;s mom, Ruthie. \u00a0When she was reading this book, she talked to me about the woman who was healed just by touching the hem of His garment. \u00a0This\u00a0was just about the time she found out she was diagnosed with recurrent cancer and this was so significant for her. \u00a0In the book it says<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The hem would have signified Jesus&#8217; identity and authority. \u00a0What&#8217;s more, the place where the tassels were attached would have been considered that holiest part of His garment. \u00a0So it seems likely that the woman knew exactly what she was reaching for. \u00a0Jesus&#8217; purity was so great that instead of becoming defiled by her touch, it healed her impurity. \u00a0What a beautiful picture of the power of Christ&#8217;s holiness to heal and to bless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We pray that God will\u00a0heal Ruthie, because we know He can. \u00a0Healing comes in many ways, but as I read through this section of the book about healing, I was so humbled by the faith Ruthie had to be healed by her Savior. \u00a0May we all have this faith as we pray for her healing. \u00a0There is a prayer that Ruthie prayed with this called the <em>Amidah<\/em>. \u00a0It is a central prayer of Jewish liturgy for well over 2,000 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">THE AMIDAH<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><b>1. THE GOD OF HISTORY:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: 13px\">Blessed are you, O Lord our God and God of our\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">great, mighty and revered God, the Most High God who bestows\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">loving kindnesses, the creator of all things, who remembers the good deeds\u00a0<\/span><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">of the patriarchs and in love will bring a redeemer to their children&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">children for his name&#8217;s sake. O king, helper, savior and shield.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Blessed are you, O Lord, the shield of Abraham.<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><br \/>\n<b>2. THE GOD OF NATURE:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #330000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'\">You, O Lord, are mighty forever, you revive the<br \/>\ndead, you have the power to save. [From the end of Sukkot until the eve<br \/>\nof Passover, insert: You cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall.]<br \/>\nYou sustain the living with lovingkindness, you revive the dead with great<br \/>\nmercy, you support the falling, heal the sick, set free the bound and keep<br \/>\nfaith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like you, O doer of mighty<br \/>\nacts? Who resembles you, a king who puts to death and restores to life,<br \/>\nand causes salvation to flourish? 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