Isaiah 64:8 (KJV)
But now, O Lord, thou art our father;
We are the clay, and thou our potter;
and we all are the work of thy hand.
I noticed that the waitresses were wearing T-shirts with mostly "Old" Testament verses. The old boy even noticed and commented that this must be a Christian restaurant. Our waitress was wearing a shirt that said, "God's love never fails", with these verses referenced :
Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV)
It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning:great is thy faithfulness.
I began to read the menu and found that the only thing I could hope to eat that was not full of pork were the eggs and pancakes. I was quite annoyed, since who knows if they were fried in bacon grease. It made me very unhappy to think that more and more people seem to idolize bacon now! I began to wonder why these people did not read ALL of the "Old" Testament? What about the Sabbath???!!! The Sabbath is today! It is one of the 10 commandments, so why are they opened today???
....Uh oh! That's right! Today is Saturday, the seventh day, the Sabbath...uh, Shabbat Shalom? Remember? Yes, it was that awful moment when the rest of my fingers were pointing back at me and I felt that very, very sick feeling in my gut. What was I doing here? Why was I pointing out their mistakes while ignoring my own? What made me so much better then them?
You see, I was too lazy to boil up some eggs before we left and make sure we had some juice, cheese and fruit to have a nice little breakfast with my husband. I have done this on other trips we have taken in order to rest and to spend as little money as possible on Shabbat, but my nerves were shot, I reasoned. Hadn't I been through enough trying to get along with family, observe the Sabbaths and Passover, not to mention, having a talk with my relative about why I do not accept Easter candy etc. etc....?
The truth is, I chose to disobey Adonai's commandment and even worse, began to criticize people who truly love God and were honestly doing the only things they knew to do in order to spread His love.
I could not finish my pancakes, and asked Abba Father to please forgive me.
Later that night, after we arrived home, I read something that a sister wrote and it hit home immediately. There are no coincidences with our God! Here is a quote from the article:
"What good would it have done to judge Paul before his Damascus Road experience? We know his eyes had to be supernaturally opened. Paul was a scholar from Tarsus, the creme de la creme of Pharisaic Judaism, he had to fall a long way in order to be humbled -- which is why I believe YHVH* waited so long to open his eyes. You see, when we judge the people who have less revelational truth than we do, we are really judging the One who gives that revelation, for not working according to our timetable." ~ Elizabeth TylerDawn Rosenquist
Oh, Abba! I am a piece of work! What a hard, lump of clay I am. Please do not stop molding me and I will try to be more pliable in your hands! Blessing, Glory and Honor to you. In Yeshua's** name.
* Hebrew letters or "tetragrammaton" for the name of God
** Hebrew name of Jesus
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