Mela'h
2nd September 2006, 11:01 PM
I have a friend that has been a Christian all her life. She has been a missionary in Africa and is very grounded in her beliefs. About 6 years ago, she married a man that was a Christian and about 3 years ago he got into exploring Judaism and today he is basically what I would consider a Non-Trinitarian Messianic Jew.
As you can imagine, this has caused alot of strife in their marriage and she really feels like he cheated her out of the relationship she invisioned them having in worshipping God together. I had the opportunity to talk to her about the things that I have been learning and how a Torah observant life compliments the faith that I have always had, it is not at odds with it in any way, it makes it more true for me.
We talked about how wonderful it is to observe the Sabbath and how the Festivals are such a foreshadow of the Messiah and how the church lost something so meaningful and beautiful in not celebrating them.
Anyway she was very open about the Sabbath and told me that it is very important to her husband and he would really like her to observe it with him. I am giving her Restoration to read tomorrow:)
Wow, it was really cool for me to be able to share with her and for her to be open to it!! I am praying that her eyes and her heart will be open to the truth and to the beauty.
My first foray into sharing my new found beliefs - gulp- a little scary but it felt good! Praise Abba.http://www3.christianforums.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
As you can imagine, this has caused alot of strife in their marriage and she really feels like he cheated her out of the relationship she invisioned them having in worshipping God together. I had the opportunity to talk to her about the things that I have been learning and how a Torah observant life compliments the faith that I have always had, it is not at odds with it in any way, it makes it more true for me.
We talked about how wonderful it is to observe the Sabbath and how the Festivals are such a foreshadow of the Messiah and how the church lost something so meaningful and beautiful in not celebrating them.
Anyway she was very open about the Sabbath and told me that it is very important to her husband and he would really like her to observe it with him. I am giving her Restoration to read tomorrow:)
Wow, it was really cool for me to be able to share with her and for her to be open to it!! I am praying that her eyes and her heart will be open to the truth and to the beauty.
My first foray into sharing my new found beliefs - gulp- a little scary but it felt good! Praise Abba.http://www3.christianforums.com/images/icons/icon12.gif