Our Journey - Part 1

Nine and a half years ago, we were blessed with the most beautiful little girl, and thus began our journey into parenthood. Six weeks later, I was told by my doctors that I should not have any more children due to health reasons. I had a tubal ligation and put an end to my child bearing years.

For the next eight years, I went through multiple periods of depression, frustration and anger because I could no longer have children. My dream had been to have a house full of children. What made things worse was that I had to work full time and felt like I was missing my only opportunity to raise a child. I was missing out on all of those precious first moments that I so wanted to be a part of. I was blessed to have my mother and mother-in-law to keep my daughter while I was working but I was jealous of them because they were able to be a part of her life everyday while I only had a about two hours each evening in which to cook dinner, get her bathed and spend time with her before she fell asleep.

What I came to realize during this time, was that when my doctors spoke, I reacted, but not in the way I should have. I did not take the time to think and pray about this decision. I just did it. A part of me knew that I would not go through with it if I stopped to think about it. The sad thing is, that is exactly what I should have done. I should have taken the time to ask G-d what he wanted me to do. If I had, I never would have gone through with the procedure.

I spent eight years of my life angry, frustrated and depressed because I was not living in obedience to G-d's will for my life. I will not say those years were wasted because I had my beautiful little Abby and four years ago, I was able to come home to be with her. However, because of my disobedience, I felt no real peace or joy.

Then my husband and I made a decision that would change everything.

The Sabbath

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

Ex 20:8-11 (NKJV)

According to the Bible, keeping the Sabbath is a very serious command. It was important enough that God made it one of the Ten Commandments.

2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

Gen 2:2-3 (NKJV)

God set the example for us by resting after working for six days. He did this because he knew that it was good for man to rest.

27 And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Mark 2:26-27 (NKJV)

If we follow God's command of the Bible, then we observe the Sabbath on the 7th day of the week which is Saturday. During this time, we do not do any work but instead spend our time resting and perhaps studying God's word.

So this is my question for you. Do you observe the Sabbath on Saturday or Sunday and why? What do you do to observe the Sabbath. Do you literally rest from all work?

In His Service,

Angela

Conviction

I have been struggling lately. God has truly been convicting me of some things in my life. I have been praying and asking God what He wants for me in this upcoming year and He has given me a verse that I will be making my life-verse for this year.


It is better to trust in the Lord, than to have confidence in man.
Psalm 118:8


This is something I have been struggling with for a long time. Sometimes it is easy to have faith but I see more and more that there are so many areas of my life that I have not turned over to the Lord. Some of these things are deeply personal so I will not write about them unless God leads me to do so.

My greatest desire is to trust in Him for everything. And so I am standing on this promise from God:

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jer 29:11 (NIV)


In His Service,

Angela

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In His Service,

Angela