PAL
Boundary which teaches discernment
FOLLOW THE HEBREW PATH, EXPAND YOUR BOUNDARY IN WONDER AND AWE, IN PRAYER, LEST YOU FALL
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"The Edge of Pal"
At the edge of every life stands a quiet boundary—marked by the breath of the mouth, the line where known meets unknown. Call it pal: the raw root of division, the rim we guard with words and choices.
We live within it, learning to palah—to discern, to separate what belongs inside from what lies beyond. Every day demands this: distinguish truth from shadow, safe from peril, ordinary from the spark of something greater.
Without palah, we wander blind .But sometimes, at that very edge, we glimpse what surpasses the boundary:
the pala—extraordinary, wondrous, set apart in splendor. A miracle, an awe that whispers, "This is beyond you." The heart races; the soul hungers for what it cannot contain.
Yet to step out unwisely is to nephal—to fall. The crossing brings descent: stumble into error, crash into humility, or simply surrender low. The fall is not always ruin; often it's the necessary drop that cracks open pride. We land prostrate, face to the ground, low before the Highest.
And from that humbled place rises palal—the deep discerning, the intercession, the pleading before ultimate Authority. It is prayer itself: judging our need, entreating across the divide, falling in supplication to bridge the gap we could not cross alone. The fall becomes the path upward; the boundary, once feared, becomes the gate.
So the cycle turns: guard the edge, discern wisely (palah), marvel at wonders (pala), fall when we must (nephal), and from the dust, rise in prayerful judgment (palal). In every stumble lies the invitation to speak to the One who redraws all lines. What if our deepest prayers are just this: learning to fall well, that we might stand in wonder again?
Psa 139:14 KJV I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Exo 33:16 KJV For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
:"Ever notice how Hebrew roots whisper the same truth?
We guard a boundary (pal: mouth/edge).
We discern inside vs out (palah: separate/distinct).
We glimpse the beyond—wondrous (pala: extraordinary).
We step wrong & fall (nephal: descend/surrender).
From the dust, we plead in prayer (palal: judge/intercede).
Fall → prayer → wonder renewed.
The human dance at the edge. #HebrewRoots
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