As a young girl my life was a day by day of abuse from my stepfather. As I look back to that time as a eight year old child. I see him dragging my mother by her hair across the room while he beat and kicked her until she was black and blue all over. She could not help me and I could not help her. I received my own daily portion of abuse in so many horrible ways. My mother had to watch while he beat me until the blood would flow from my head and other parts of my body. I was sexually abused from the age of eight until I reached fourteen when he passed away. Was I free of him now? No, Now my life was full of fear, anger and hate. Even after he died I was still living in fear each night. There was no rest from all the fear, anger and hate I carried for so many years. I never knew what love and happiness was! When I became of age, I went as far as I could to get away from so many horrible memories. In starting a new life, perhaps I could find love and peace. But you can not run away from your past; it always finds you. It was a constant daily struggle with all my fear, anger and hate.

I met my second husband John in 1966, and our first child was born in 1967, a beautiful little girl. Our second child was born in 1968, but we lost him eleven months later. It was one of the saddest days in our lives. Then our last child, a boy, was born in 1970. Now 42 years later I look back through all that happened in my life, and I can see the love and the beauty that my husband and children have given me. Most of all, I see the love and peace the Lord has given me through all these years. May all the Praise and Glory go to Him. Who am I? Just a humble servent, I do not want praise or Glory from anyone. I'm here only to serve the Lord, I may not be as smart as some people are. Perhaps that is why the Lord choose me, truth of God's word is more important then being important. Again I'm just a humble servent walking each day with the Lord.

Now lets go back to 1969 when I was saved. I remember that day as if it only happened yesterday. It was on a Friday afternoon and both children were napping. I sat down to relax for awhile, while it was quite. Suddenly a most beautiful peace came over me like I had never felt before. My whole life flashed before my eyes: all the hurt, abuse, hate and anger I had felt growing up. I now felt brand new. Instead of hate there was peace, instead of fear and anger there was love. I now had forgiveness for my stepfather. How can I ask God to forgive me if I cannot forgive others? Will I ever be able to forget those years of abuse? Only through the Lord can I move on and leave the past where it belongs. When one lives in the past there can never be peace. Would I change any part of my life? I think not. Through it all I learned to love others as I would want to be loved and to treat others as I wanted to be treated. Most of all I learned how to forgive, no matter what someone else may do to me. I take it all to the Lord and leave it there.

The Lord gave me these scriptures to take with me, as I started my long path in life for truth and understanding of God's Word. A walk that would take many paths, some on the wrong path and some on the right path."Come to me , all of you who are struggling and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" You will find this verse in Matthew 11: 28-30. All these years I have looked up to Yeshua to keep me in his peace, given to me so long ago.To learn from Him, to be gentle and humble in heart.

Now let us go back to 1969 when I first received Yeshua's words on the scriptue above. I now had peace yet I had no understanding of God's word. Why did I spend so many years searching for truth? Going from one denomination to another denomination. Finally ending up in the Mormon church. Still not finding the truth I was searching for within God's word.

In Jeremiah 6:16, we read; "Thus says the Lord, Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls." This is where I am today. About ten years ago I stood at the crossroads and looked down that path. What did I see? Two paths: one was narrow, the other very wide. I thank the Lord every day that I followed the narrow path to find rest for my soul. In this day and age it is very hard to walk down that narrow path. Do I fall off of the narrow path from time to time? You bet! What I do is pick myself up, brush the dust off, and ask the Lord to forgive me. Then I jump back on the narrow path that leads to God. What does Matthew 7:13-14 say? "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it."

Here is the answer to the question I asked. As I stood on that road and looked down all those paths I had walked. Trying to find truth on my own without the help of the Holy Spitit. Who would have lead me to the real Messiah. That I had seen as I read God's word for the first time so many years ago. I realized you cannot find truth in the teachings of men. When I stood on that ancient path it was like blinders had fallen from my eyes. God's word came alive all the questions I had asked came into place. Like a puzzle that had been scattered in so many directions that came together to form a beautiful picture.

I have heard so many say all you have to do is believe in Jesus and you are saved! I call this the "make you feel good religion" that so many preachers preach today. God gave us rules to live by with only one path for a believer. You either follow God's path which is the narrow path, or you follow Satan on the broad path that leads to eternal death, and I might add straight to hell! You might think I am being too harsh in what I just said. But eternity is forever with no end. So which path are you walking on? Eternal Life is the goal for every true believer. You cannot take God's word and change it to what you believe; God's word stands true.

No one can tell God, this is how I believe so therefore you have to judge me on what I believe! All will stand before the judge of all mankind and answer for what you believe and have taught others. On the day of judgement there will be a lot of weeping for those who did not listen. Read Matthew 22:1-14; the bridegroom is coming for His bride. Never harden your heart or become so stubborn that you close your ears to the truth of God.

In the following pages I will discuss a lot more on my long walk for truth. I will discuss the traditions of men, along with all the false doctrines that they teach. Even though this web site is about our Roots of faith, there are a lot of false doctrines out there in Christianity, as well as the Hebraic Roots of our faith. Our Hebraic faith is Messianic. We follow the Messiah Of Israel, and His Father who is the God Of Israel. Sometimes Christians come out of the Churches and find their Hebraic Roots. They get so involved in the Hebraic roots, they miss who Jesus is and what He taught. Plus you have so many Christians within replcement theology. That teach the Church replaced Israel and they are now Israel. That is what this web site is all about, a walk through history and through the Bible, to find the true word of God. Lets look at 2 Corinthians 13:5; "Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recongnize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you-unless indeed you fail the test?"