My first steps to coming closer

'"Come close to Me and listen to this: since the beginning I have not spoken in secret, since the time things began to be, I have been there; and now Adonai Elohim [the Lord God] has sent Me and His Spirit."  Thus says Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Isra'el: "I am Adonai, your God, who teaches you for your own good, who guides you on the path that you should take.'"

Yesha'Yahu [Isaiah] 48:16,17

So this life's journey truly began for me, some 19 years ago listening to some kind of music at some venue where the One Adonai Elohim showed me Himself and His Spirit and has since followed through as my Redeemer and Guide.  The redemption and guidance are continual and this blog is just evidence of that.  And whatever path that follows, I will rest assured that every previous step was necessary and that every next step will be critical in leading me straight to my own good--my Abba [my God, my Daddy]!  

May the words that follow reflect real life and not idealism, truth and not deception, openness and not secrets, sinfulness as well as holiness, hard times as well as the good.  And in the end, may I "heed Adonai's mitzvot [command, general principle for living] then my peace will flow on like a river, and my righteousness like the waves of the sea.  My descendents will be numerous as the sand, my offspring countless as its grains.  That their name would never be cut off or destroyed from Adonai's presence." Isaiah 48:18,19

I invite you into my life to come close to me and hopefully closer to Someone else!