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Thank you so much! You warmed my heart☺

A Bible passage that really helped me was Romans 8.
Thank you! Verses 5-6 really addressed my problem:

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

Oh, I know it! I didn’t find it in my City’s library… But I watched the film of the Rogue Valley Fellowship. It was very encouraging.

Also out of loyalty to my Southern heritage, I must say, yes, ain’t means isn’t, but it definitely doesn’t mean you’re uneducated.
Aha! The south is much more Christian in the USA, right? Many ”modern and enlightened” people link between faith and obedience to Christ and foolishness, lack of education and basically everything they don’t want to see in themselves. Maybe that explains how ”ain’t” began to be associated with those things…

I live kind of in the desert and I love it.   Does cactus grow in Israel? What is the desert like there?
Do you live in Texas?

Cactus isn’t native to Israel, so it’s not growing in the wilderness. The desert in Israel is separated to 4 general sections:

1) Semi-arid area, which’s the most populated (by a few Israeli cities, including mine, and many Bedouin villages). It has hot, dry summers, and mild, pretty dry winters (average of 46f, with some days of 5-6f) – we have rains, but not that much, with 1-2 serious rains a year. The area has round, short hills, and a lot of valleys and plains. The loess soil is stony and hard, but it can be used to grow grain and vines. The flora is made of weeds and shrubs (and some desert trees here and there), and in the winter the desert is suddenly very green. Most of the big animals in the area were hunted to extinction, but we still have hyenas, some gazelles, and eagles.

2) haNegev (the southern desert) is a half of Israel. It has more extreme climate, with freezing winters, hot summers and almost no rains. It has many mountains and canyons, and it’s populated by a few Israeli villages. The area’s flora is made of a few shrubs and weeds, and desert trees in some places. Big animals like wolves, wild goats, wild donkeys, vultures and desert cats live in the area.

3) haArava is a great valley south to the dead sea, all the way to the red sea. This is the hottest, driest area in Israel, and hardly see rain even in good years (prophet Jeremiah used it’s trees as a symbol for the wicked in one of his prophecies). The flora is made of bushes and trees that grow on groundwater, and the soil is very stony and salty. The area is inhabited by Israeli villages that grow extremely tasty dates and vegetables. Antelopes, African wild donkeys, ostriches, desert cats and wolves live in the area.

4) The Judean desert is a rain shadow east to the Judean mountains (the ancient heartland of the Israelites – Jerusalem, Hebron and Bethlehem are there, and David hided there from Saul). It’s made of steep cliffs and canyons (between Jerusalem and the dead sea there’s a fall of 1226 yards), and isn’t inhabited at all (even though there are some Israeli villages near the dead sea). Vultures, wolves, hyenas, wild goats and some leopards live in the desert.

Oh. That was long.

We used to have a dog named Lady! She was pretty dumb too. Now we have a golden retriever named Thunder. He’s a really good dog.
Lol! Thunder is the dog in you profile image?

Keep trying with your story!! You’ll get it figured out.
Thank you! I putted it aside after praying. I’ll return to it when the time will come.

What do you like to do for fun?
Your hobbies are really cool!

I like reading, drawing, writing, listening to sermons, study the Bible (I’m doing a course named ”Introduction to the Hebrew Bible” – it’s online, free and very useful) and being an FTC captain (right now I’m off job of course 😉 ).

@elisha-starquill

I love learning about Jewish history. It’s so rich and everything is full of deep meaning. And that also explains a lot of parts in the Gospels.
History is very interesting 😀

And is also very useful to understand the Bible, you’re definitely right.

Merriam-Webster says that “ain’t” can mean “am not,” “is not,” “are not,” or “has not,” or “have not.”
Thank you for helping!