Teshuvah



I am not Jewish, nor do I know a whole lot about their traditions, but before, during, and after the "Great American Eclipse" of 2017, I couldn't help but wonder about the timing of the eclipse and what it meant. (If you've not read up on this, please click here)

What really got me to thinking about it was the fact that the Eclipse of August 21st landed on the very same day that the Jewish season of Teshuvah began.  From what I gather, Teshuvah literally means "Returning to God" and in the Jewish tradition is a season of repentance.

So I decided I would "celebrate" Teshuvah this year and "do a season of repentance" of my own.

Repentance can never hurt, can it?

Hahahahaha!  Oh the ignorance.

I seriously had no idea what I was getting into...

....because when you tell Almighty God that you want Him to tell you what is wrong with your life so you can repent of it, He takes it LITERALLY.

Again... I had no idea.

My Heavenly Father... my loving Abba Father who loves me... has told me all sorts of things that are wrong with me.

There are the things that I expected... I don't spend enough time in prayer... I don't praise Him enough... I tend to go my own way rather than wait on Him...

I also kind of expected Him to say I eat too much. Cause I do. I'm a glutton and I know it.

I just really didn't expect Him to be so blunt when He told me (through a prophecy) that I "eat, but never have enough."

Kinda hurt my feelings a little.

And concerning my finances... "You earn wages and put them into a bag with holes," and "You must sometimes be satisfied with less, rather than trying to gain more."

I know, right??? Who would have expected the God I've been taught practically exists just to bless us would actually say I should sometimes be satisfied with less?!?

And sloth!  Yes.. He even went there!

I guess I should have understood that a Season of Repentance is not a time for the Father to coddle us, but I can honestly say I've never felt Him be so stern with me.

But this is about more than my wittle hurt fee-fee's. This is about my relationship with God and about getting into a place where I can be used by Him and fulfill my purpose in this life.

This has not been comfortable, but it has been worth it a thousand times over.

As a matter of fact, I think I am going to "celebrate" the Season of Teshuvah every year. I might even celebrate it more often.

There's nothing more important than getting right with God, and there's no better way of doing it than by asking God to show you what is displeasing to Him and then repenting and asking Him to show you a better way.

I highly recommend it.


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