7.22.25 ~ Matza or Motza?!
Good morning!
This week we finish the book of Numbers/Bamidbar with the Torah portions Mattot/tribes and Massei/journeys. We also start our journey towards the first fruit of the oil (day 2). In our zoom call last night we continued our journey towards our inheritance by highlighting the connection with the tribes/matot of Israel and the bride of the Lamb; the New Jerusalem (Num. 30:1; Rev. 21:1-12) as well as some prerequisites to gaining your inheritance (Num. 32:7; Prov. 20:21)...it's a game changer. Enjoy.
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/4CH9w-2OlD9Q1PettnXCBISZXOGLbStZo7c_u_i-lzO5zIE1dF65DIMpSO34Bqsm.HmELeuHoNooUTfMH
Our Torah portion begins with the topic of vows. Immediately, with the topic of 'vows' most adult minds go to 'marriage'. It has been said that everyone and anyone can get married if you loosen up whatever standard you want. You can make it about their belief system. You can make it about their looks. You can make it about their personality. You can make it about their income. You can make it anything you want. The real question is, "what are the things that make it work long-term"? One of the things that makes it work long-term is that the two walk together in agreement (Am. 3:3).
Can two walk together, except they are in agreement? (Am. 3:3)
How would one know? Is it 'matza or motza (no, I'm not talking about unleavened bread :-)? IMatza, I found/matza a wife and it is good thing ( Prov. 18:22)
He who finds/matza a wife finds/matza a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD. (Prov. 18:22)
or is it motza (Eccl. 7:26) which refers to I found a wife who is worse than death.
And/motza I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
To the husband, how can his honey bunny be worse than death? Have you ever heard the phrase, "as happy as a kid in a candy store"? That's motza. Huh? Whoever made that statement never took a kid into a candy store (LOL). How can I say that? Because there’s no place in the world where a kid is more miserable than in a candy store. How can that be? If you bring the kid to the candy store...He’s got to hold his candy and you tell him he can only have one and he doesn’t know what to do with himself...first he grabs a chocolate, then he grabs a lollipop, then he grabs a sour candy, then he grabs a sweet, then he grabs a cream-filled candy, and then he grabs a hard candy, then the big lollipop, hen he grabs a lollipop that lights, up...etc. As long as he’s in the store, he’s frustrated.
Motza is the man who, though engaged and/or married is still searching. You’re still looking at this one and comparing it to that one and seeing this one... sitting at a table and seeing how that person‘s wife handles something. If you’re in that motza state, you’re going to see one person prettier than another person ,taller than another person, shorter than another person, bigger than someone, smarter than someone, dumber than someone, funnier than someone else, takes better care of the kids than someone else. His mother-in-law is better than yours, cracks jokes better...welcome to the kid in the candy store.
You’re going to be so frustrated as long as you’re in the comparing game and searching game and seeing everybody else; what their marriages look like. But, if instead it’s matza, which means I have found/matza...This is the one! This is the one I’m focused on. I’m not comparing and I’m not looking and I’m not searching.
If you want to know how good your marriage is going to be, for the most part it depends on you. If you’re still in the search, you’re going to be miserable. But if you found her and you’re done searching. That’s where all your energy goes. That's where all your focus goes. Then your wife and your marriage is going to be magic. Yeshua knows what He's looking for in a wife. The big question I must ask myself is, "Am I that woman"?
Matzo or motza?
Enjoy the zoom recording.
Shalom,
Alan
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/4CH9w-2OlD9Q1PettnXCBISZXOGLbStZo7c_u_i-lzO5zIE1dF65DIMpSO34Bqsm.HmELeuHoNooUTfMH
Our Torah portion begins with the topic of vows. Immediately, with the topic of 'vows' most adult minds go to 'marriage'. It has been said that everyone and anyone can get married if you loosen up whatever standard you want. You can make it about their belief system. You can make it about their looks. You can make it about their personality. You can make it about their income. You can make it anything you want. The real question is, "what are the things that make it work long-term"? One of the things that makes it work long-term is that the two walk together in agreement (Am. 3:3).
Can two walk together, except they are in agreement? (Am. 3:3)
How would one know? Is it 'matza or motza (no, I'm not talking about unleavened bread :-)? IMatza, I found/matza a wife and it is good thing ( Prov. 18:22)
He who finds/matza a wife finds/matza a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD. (Prov. 18:22)
or is it motza (Eccl. 7:26) which refers to I found a wife who is worse than death.
And/motza I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
To the husband, how can his honey bunny be worse than death? Have you ever heard the phrase, "as happy as a kid in a candy store"? That's motza. Huh? Whoever made that statement never took a kid into a candy store (LOL). How can I say that? Because there’s no place in the world where a kid is more miserable than in a candy store. How can that be? If you bring the kid to the candy store...He’s got to hold his candy and you tell him he can only have one and he doesn’t know what to do with himself...first he grabs a chocolate, then he grabs a lollipop, then he grabs a sour candy, then he grabs a sweet, then he grabs a cream-filled candy, and then he grabs a hard candy, then the big lollipop, hen he grabs a lollipop that lights, up...etc. As long as he’s in the store, he’s frustrated.
Motza is the man who, though engaged and/or married is still searching. You’re still looking at this one and comparing it to that one and seeing this one... sitting at a table and seeing how that person‘s wife handles something. If you’re in that motza state, you’re going to see one person prettier than another person ,taller than another person, shorter than another person, bigger than someone, smarter than someone, dumber than someone, funnier than someone else, takes better care of the kids than someone else. His mother-in-law is better than yours, cracks jokes better...welcome to the kid in the candy store.
You’re going to be so frustrated as long as you’re in the comparing game and searching game and seeing everybody else; what their marriages look like. But, if instead it’s matza, which means I have found/matza...This is the one! This is the one I’m focused on. I’m not comparing and I’m not looking and I’m not searching.
If you want to know how good your marriage is going to be, for the most part it depends on you. If you’re still in the search, you’re going to be miserable. But if you found her and you’re done searching. That’s where all your energy goes. That's where all your focus goes. Then your wife and your marriage is going to be magic. Yeshua knows what He's looking for in a wife. The big question I must ask myself is, "Am I that woman"?
Matzo or motza?
Enjoy the zoom recording.
Shalom,
Alan
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