The Book About You. Can you handle it? Dare to read it? Psalm 129

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You’re born into a mess — just like every servant of Yahuah before you.Samual was weaned and handed to the temple, growing up under a priest with two corrupt sons.Moses was tossed into the Nile, then raised in Pharaoh’s palace with all its false wealth.Jeremiah was too young to speak, yet Yahuah commanded him: “Do not say I am only a youth — you shall go where I send you.”Daniel was taken captive to Babylon, stripped of freedom, yet given wisdom ten times greater than the king’s magicians.
It’s always been this way:Born into trouble.Shaped through trial.Tested in fire.And through it all — Yahuah is proving who is King.
That’s the story of Psalm 129:"Often they have distressed me from my youth… yet they have not overcome me. The ploughers ploughed on my back… but Yahuah has cut the cords of the wicked."
And it’s the hope of Psalm 128:"Blessed are all who fear Yahuah, who walk in His ways… your wife like a fruitful vine, your children like olive plants around your table… yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Yisharal.”
This is Yisharal’s story.This is your story.This is The Book About You.

The Journey of Yisharal, The Journey of Every Life
From Egypt to Babylon, Yisharal’s history was marked by suffering. And so it is for each of us. Life cuts deep furrows on our backs.
* “Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.” (Job 5:7)
* “Beloved ones, do not be surprised at the fiery trial which is coming upon you… but rejoice.” (1 Peter 4:12–13)
* “Consider it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.”(James 1:2–3)
2. The Deliverance"Yahuah is righteous; He has cut the cords of the lawless in two." (Psalm 129:4)No matter how fierce the trial, deliverance comes from Yahuah Himself.
* “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahuah delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19)
* “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are Mine.” (Isaiah 43:1)
3. The Blessing (Psalm 128)After the furrows come the fruit. Psalm 128 gives us the picture of blessing:
* Provision: “You shall eat the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.” (Psalm 128:2)
* Family: “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house; your children like olive plants around your table.” (Psalm 128:3)
* Generational peace: “Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Yisharal.” (Psalm 128:6)
4. The Pattern is the SameYisharal’s story is our story.First the distress.Then Yahuah’s hand breaking the yoke.Finally, the blessing of peace, provision, and joy.
It’s never changed — from Job to the prophets, from Yahusha to James and Peter.Suffering shapes, endurance strengthens, blessing follows.

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