We all have the same question pop up in our minds every now and then. Who am I? Since I have become a Believer, this has occurred more often. All these years I knew . I am a Jewish male, born of a Jewish mother and father, with a Jewish lineage going back at least 6 generations that I know of. There has been no doubt in my mind, when people asked me, I answered Jewish. I had one friend tell me, I am Latvian, who are you? My answer was I am a Jew. This has been our answer to people all through the centuries. Are you Roman, no, I am Jewish etc, etc,...

Now I am told, you are not Jewish any more because you believe in Yeshua, you are now Christian. I am trying to figure out that statement.

As I sit and think about how I have changed since becoming a Believer in Our Lord Yeshua HaMashiach, and since my water immersion in the Jordan River and since I started praying on a daily basis and since I started living my life following His Word.

When I look in the mirror every morning, I see the same me. The same dark brown hair going a little grayer everyday, the same stubble on the face but gone completely gray, a few more age lines every once in a while. The same brown eyes looking back, wait a minute. The eyes seem different. Wow, they seem to sparkle more, they aren't tense first thing in the morning. I see somebody relaxed and ready for another great day with the Lord. My days are much more relaxed, the old angers and hates and lack of patience are gone. The constant thoughts of how to make my day PAY are gone. Why? Because I accept what the Lord gives me each day and at the end of the day I say a prayer of thanks to Him. I sleep better at nights, my feelings in the  relationship with my wife has become even stronger, my capacity for feelings has increased, my ability to listen and to notice things has increased. All these things have happened, but nothing has happened to make me not Jewish.

When a Jewish person starts with Buddhism or Zen or some such, no body says, Hey, you aren't Jewish any more.

Well guess what?

A Jewish person does not change into something else because he becomes a believer in Yeshua who was also born a Jew. I have returned to my roots. I have gone back in time two thousand years to walk with my Jewish Brother who came to deliver a very important message. 

That people have twisted and misinterpreted the Message for two thousand years is not His fault. That Religious leaders of Judaism and Christianity have used His message for their own goals, is not His fault. We are all given an equal opportunity to SEE and HEAR, what we do with that opportunity is our choice. He gave us that Freedom.

I have chosen to walk in His foot steps, I have chosen to see and hear the real message of His Word. It is simple to me:

Shema Israel Adonia Elohaynu Adonia, Echad.

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our G-d, the Lord is One.

Yeshua hu ha Masiach, Hu Adon Olam

Yeshua is the Messiah, He is the Lord of the World

Treat another as you would have him treat you.

He came to allow us to be closer to God, to be able to have forgiveness for our sins, not to separate us. Not to have us say, because you are Jewish, you have been replaced by something better. Not to have us say, because you are Christian and not born Jewish you can never really know God. He showed us the way to become ONE in Him. Brothers all. It's really easy. We simply need to read the Covenants, Old and New, and follow the Word of the Lord. We need not try to second guess Him or interpret for Him, He knows how to get through to every human. We simply need to put our faith in Him.

Father, I praise You and shout Your glory to all the world. I thank You for what I have received from You. Thank You for bringing me closer to You. Thank You for making me a better person.  Please be with me at all times. Hallelujah. I pray in His Name.

Amen.