Here in the past few weeks I have had a chance to be around my parents and sister and her family and not thinking about it ,(because I have embraced my new way of living ), I have been wearing my Tzitzit and they have just started snubbing me and calling me weird and so on! I was raised in the Church of Christ and I am so glad that I have a foundation in knowing who my maker is and that he sent his son to die for our sin! Anywho, my dad called me over the other day and we were having coffee and out of nowhere he says , " Nicole, I am worried about your soul and just goes on attack mode about how this is not about who is better than the other and scared for my salvation , mind you I haven't spoke about any of this with them except for wearing my Tzitzit and saying it is what we are called to do and that I am starting to learn alot of things I never knew or was taught, but you would think I had turned my life over to Satan 😭. I never talked back or raised my voice to my father thru this because I respect and honor my mother and father , so I just simply said , It's all in the Scriptures. I am losing my family very fast Including my sister whom I just started having a connection with in the past year , my heart hurts and All I can do is continue to pray. Also I live on her property and in her other home that she was gracious enough to let me and my kiddos live in after finally taking a stand against a verbally abusive Narcissist and got my babies out of that. Now I fear she any day now that I am going to be asked to move out , with nowhere to go .
Sorry for the length of this just needed to get it off my chest and ask everyone to please lift me and my kids up to the Almighty 🙏 Thank you
““Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall cut you off, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the sake of the Son of Aḏam.”
Luqas (Luke) 6:22 TS2009
Nicole, thanks for sharing! I know it's a difficult thing to open up.
Your allegiance to your God is number 1 followed by yourself, then your kids, then family.
Without God we are lost, without yourself your kids are lost, etc.
It sounds like you have chosen what is right for you and your kiddo's, it just hurts to not have family be as supportive in your decision. It sucks to feel alone in that aspect, but you are not alone! just look inside and at your kids and up to the All Mighty.
I'll pray for you and your kids!
Bless you..
Thank you very much for your words and prayers ! I have been trying to keep it together for these kids ! I have given to YAH and pray for him to put me where he wants me to be and that's all I can do !
Stay strong in the faith!
Although I don't get all the nuances of the Messianic journey, I was raised independent Baptist but have had various influences from many denominations in my faith walk. Messianic friends and mentors have left a huge impact on my thinking and faith. Not everyone will get it and I'm sorry it's with your family, but don't discount your family in Yeshua!
Peace & Blessings,
may God's face shine upon you
and give you comfort!
Thank you!
i try not to get too bent out of shape over people acting foolish or arrogant in knowledge “faith”. Look it says it in the Numbers and Deuteronomy to wear the tzitzit, keep the commands on our doorpost, wrists, and forehead. If someone doesn’t want to read that’s on them, just like it was on me to live in ignorance and defiance to Him. One day they may pull out the instruction book. It’s just that life isn’t as quick to give feed back as an IKEA chair (because we glue our life together with ego). When you are building a chair and can’t figure out the fourth leg you go to the instruction manual. But our ego lets us go thru life like a 3 legged chair pretending we got 4 legs and a solid foundation as we are literally toppling over, and when we crack our head on the floor after our poorly assembled chair (life) fails we blame the designer of the chair rather than our failing to read and follow instruction. Then when we see someone with a functioning 4 legged chair we like to challenge their foundation from our 3 legged chair.
I think Someone said something about how people do this.. pointing out specks with planks in their own eye. Theres also some stuff in Timothy about false converts and how they seek teachers to verify their fake Jesus..something about a narrow path. When you put them all together I’m guessing you have a solid foundation for a good conversation with your family.
Awesomely put sit and thank you for your words. I hold no I'll will towards my fam I just need and want to be around like minded people to lift me up instead of find something wrong with anything and everythin that's all , wanting to pack up and head for the hills/ mountains and start a new😁
i'm not a torah observer myself but as i always say go big or go home. if this is really how you want to worship and live then do it and don't look back. if you do get evicted based on religious preference there are avenues of relief for that through a lawyer.