On a day when we are celebrating our country’s independence it occurs to me how dependent I truly am. Dependent on the grace and love of G-d and Yeshua. While I consider myself a Christian I do so based on the belief that the Messiah came to fulfill Jewish law, not to abolish it.

There have been numerous times I have started a blog only to let it fall to the wayside. Yet recently I have been contemplating my own death more and more. Seeing people my own age and younger pass away I begin to accept that life is more fleeting than I would like to believe. Every day I wake up in praise that the good lord saw fit to give me one more chance at to enjoy my many blessings. Among those are my children especially.

Reaching a point in my life when I have to think about things like life insurance and protecting my family if I am no longer around I realize that I still have so much music left in me. There are a long list of accomplishments still left to accomplish, thoughts still not shared, ideas that have not yet seen the light of day.

Above all else I am setting this site up for those I love. Much of my life has been spent pursuing a time when I might be able to enjoy more time with those I love and I am coming to understand that today could have been the last chance I had to do that. I ask myself, “If I did not wake up tomorrow what do I want to leave behind?” What occurs to me is that I would have missed the chance to pass down what wisdom I may have gained to those I care about. I would be most afraid to think that I would have failed to at least share my experiences so my children might have a chance to learn from them.

This is why I intend to share on this site. This site may double as a resource for anyone that is interested in learning about me yet its primary function is as a vehicle to disseminate information that may be lost to my children if it is not shared. Rest assured, I am not suicidal or a depressed individual, I simply have grown to recognize that too often life is taken for granted. What makes us alive if not death? Many people go through life figuring tomorrow is a certainty and then never make the most of the day, I know I did. This blog is my chance open up about the many pieces of wisdom I have gained that would go to waste if not shared.

If today is my last day what would I share? That all I truly ever needed to know was found in one place, the bible. This is from a person that has read philosophy books, religious texts, and personal growth materials of many kinds. My greatest failure in life was for too long not devoting myself to learning and applying the teachings of the bible and my greatest successes have come from learning and applying the same. If the blessings I have gained recently from studying and applying G-d’s word continue in like manor I will have much more to be grateful for in the future. Thank you Lord for yet another wonderful day with my family.