10-02-2003, 01:26 AM
Shlama all--
Todah rabbah for all your responses, public and private.
Now I have something interesting to share with you. About 2 hours ago, I returned from seeing my father. He manages a cigar store, mostly for enjoyment. I stopped by right after work to tell him that I was able to arrange a special prayer to be given by a rabbi on Yom Kippur.
At the store, people were coming up to my Dad, one every few minutes, for more than an hour. The customers hugged him, and all said they were praying for him. Now before I go further, let me explain something. My father does not really talk about his faith all that much. He surely believes in YHWH and is proud of his heritage (in case you wondered where that little aspect of my personality came from), however he just does not talk on the details. What I can say is that he has totally supported me in my Messianic walk. He respects my decision and has a strong interest in Messianic/Nazarene trends (and Torah code and mystical stuff too). I have also suspected that he nurtures a great tolerance of Y'shua as I believe in him, because I keep the holidays and traditions. He has even been kind when I tried to witness to him and not disagreed with me. But again, direct statements on this score don't come out of his mouth.
Well, that rule was broken tonight. After about the 10th person said they were praying for him (and of course I kept thinking-- "Dad, you have no idea how many others will when I am done"..) my Dad said this:
"Thank you so much. I have to say, although the operations coming up are daunting and risky, even as I know they are still my best hope, and even though I've been very tired physically, something has changed. I feel the power of the prayers doing their work and somehow it comforts me."
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I know that a lot of that is because of all of you.
Peace and blessings
Andrew Gabriel Roth
Todah rabbah for all your responses, public and private.
Now I have something interesting to share with you. About 2 hours ago, I returned from seeing my father. He manages a cigar store, mostly for enjoyment. I stopped by right after work to tell him that I was able to arrange a special prayer to be given by a rabbi on Yom Kippur.
At the store, people were coming up to my Dad, one every few minutes, for more than an hour. The customers hugged him, and all said they were praying for him. Now before I go further, let me explain something. My father does not really talk about his faith all that much. He surely believes in YHWH and is proud of his heritage (in case you wondered where that little aspect of my personality came from), however he just does not talk on the details. What I can say is that he has totally supported me in my Messianic walk. He respects my decision and has a strong interest in Messianic/Nazarene trends (and Torah code and mystical stuff too). I have also suspected that he nurtures a great tolerance of Y'shua as I believe in him, because I keep the holidays and traditions. He has even been kind when I tried to witness to him and not disagreed with me. But again, direct statements on this score don't come out of his mouth.
Well, that rule was broken tonight. After about the 10th person said they were praying for him (and of course I kept thinking-- "Dad, you have no idea how many others will when I am done"..) my Dad said this:
"Thank you so much. I have to say, although the operations coming up are daunting and risky, even as I know they are still my best hope, and even though I've been very tired physically, something has changed. I feel the power of the prayers doing their work and somehow it comforts me."
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I know that a lot of that is because of all of you.
Peace and blessings
Andrew Gabriel Roth
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
Andrew Gabriel Roth