| אֶצְבַּע אֱלֹהִים הִוא “This is the finger of God!” (Exod. 8:19)[1] |
I became interested in the words of Jesus when I gave my life to the Lord in the summer before my sophomore year in high school. Although I was enamored with the words of Jesus, I found many of his sayings difficult to comprehend. It was only later, after I had studied a few years in Israel, that I realized this difficulty was a result of my lack of knowledge of Jesus’ Jewish culture and Jesus’ native language.
During my junior year of college, my father, J. C. Bivin, a Rotarian, kept urging me to fill out the application forms for a post-graduate scholarship offered by Rotary International. This grant, known as a Rotary Foundation Fellowship, provided for a year of study abroad. I knew I had little chance of winning this fellowship, but to get my father “off my back,” I submitted the application.
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- [1] It truly is “the finger of God” that a hog farmer from Oklahoma and an Armenian from California met in Israel almost 50 years ago, still live in Israel, and now have four Jewish (Messianic) grandsons. ↩
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Beautiful story, David, poignant and inspiring! Thank you ever so much for sharing with us!