Tonight at the church that let's us have our Intro to Jewish Roots class we are hosting our once a month Shabbat Service. It should be great. We have a family who has a music academy whose initials are S.H.M.A. who will lead song time and then the guy who hosts bi-weekly Hav Dalah in his home will be speaking on the different sacrifices in Leviticus. SO a great night for sure.
I decided a month ago to send invitations out to 12 people asking them to let me know if they were coming. I worded it "come and see how the first century Christians celebrated the Sabbath" and those who embrace their Hebrew Roots said that was a good way to phrase it.
I heard rumors of some people considering it. Finally heard 3 definates. And some didn't say one way or the other.
About 2 weeks ago, my sister sent out an evite to the same set of people for tomorrow night for her b-day party at a restaurant. Right away she had people RSVPing....
This week I received several "we can't come" emails at the same time those people said yes to my sister's thing tomorrow night and I sent invites out 2 whole weeks before she did.
I know it's because they are just stubborn with their heads in the sand and don't want to let go of there "precious" translations like the NLT that blatantly says Jewish things are done away with. Also why the "christshun" furch, has decided to believe they've somehow replaced Israel.
"oh we have a 'new' covenant now...all that OT stuff is done away with."
ok if you think so, then quit using OT verses to justify your pleas for tithes and why you're at it stop upholding the 10 commandments ... after all, that's OT.
As it should be clear I'm hurting and now I've got to sit through dinner tomorrow night with people "too good" to come to something I've invited them to. and my DH informs me that because I've embraced my Hebrew Roots he and others think I'm in a cult. He's told me I'm not Jewish ....and I reply with I've been grafted in ... maybe not physically a Hebrew but I'm one spiritually, having been born again. ((see Romans 11 and Ephesians 2 and Torah passages regarding a stranger who wants to partake and remember Ruth))
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Yes, I think you can cry... I think I can understand how disappointing and hurtful this is. People can be such a pain, but if we love God we know we must love them too because He loves them! Stay strong in the love that you have for the Lord, it's ok if things don't always go the way we hope or plan they will, it's ok if people let us down... the Lord never will and if you continue to trust in Him and follow Him He will direct you, and as you keep feeding yourself with His Word, He will make you fruitful in all you do to bring glory to Him. I will say a prayer for your cousin and her baby...
Blessings
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