The Why

First of all, I would like to just explain, generally, who I am and why I am writing this blog.  I was born a Christian to very young parents in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Now, I live my life as a religious Jew in Israel.  How I ended up here is where the story is.  There will be posts about my past as well as the present in no particular order all based on my current life and feelings.  This blog will hopefully (please G-d) help me document my life and thoughts so that maybe one day I can publish a book.  

Secondly, Writing is not so easy for me which is ironic since I am an English teacher, by the way, not by choice, just another one of Hashems opportunities that I just happened upon.  I am sure you are all aware of how horribly bad Okies are with grammar, vocabulary, etc.  It is a difficulty that I will have to overcome.  I love that I am from such a laid back, easy going part of the world, but it didn't quite prepare me to be a writer or a teacher of English.  So, I hope to expand my vocabulary and English writing skills.  The hardest part so far is coming up with a title and of course checking and re-checking my spelling and grammar.  I really hope any followers I might have will just ignore any errors and learn what they can from my story.

So, sit back and enjoy.

Up next - "The Plata Story"

Not My Destiny, But Hashem's

Hi,


My name is Yael.  It is not the name I was born with, but I will touch on that later.   The name of my blog is Living My Jewish Destiny.  Why did I chose such a name?  Well, I can't say that I am living my dream because who I am and where I live was certainly not a dream of mine at all and wasn't even in the vicinity of what I wanted.


But I have learned, dreams are made by people, but destiny is made by G-d.  You know the old saying, "We plan and G-d laughs"?  Well, that is my life to a tee, a life full of coincidences and situations that make me feel as though I boarded a train at some point in my life and just ended up here.  
At some point, I let go and let G-d.


Now, let's look at the word 'coincidence.'  It implies some sort of element of surprise without any intention.  On my part, I feel these coincidences in my life were surprises, not intentional at all,


But if I look back and put them all together and analyze how one lead to another and then another and so on, I can clearly see (looking through my spiritual spy glasses of course) the hand of the Almighty, of Hashem.