Celebrating our First Shabbat - with my Bridegroom

[EileenMomGranny]

I've been talking with God for several months now about Shabbat rest. Trying to know what God means. Someone recently pointed out to me that on the 7th day, God CREATED rest. For us. As a GIFT. To enjoy EVERY week. I've been trying to know how to honor that and enjoy and celebrate this special time each week.

 

This past week God finally revealed two ways for me.

To enjoy watching the sunset on Friday evening (beginning of Shabbat)

and then to enjoy wathcing the sunset on Saturday eveing (the end of Shabbat)

 

This week it was already dark on Friday before I remembered I'd wanted to watch the sunset.  But early on Saturday I started planning to watch it.

 

God is sooooooooooooo cool!

 

So, as I'm going through the day, God reveals another aspect for me for the day. Something good for me to enjoy, that makes it different from all my other wonder filled days. For just Shabbat I won't multi-task. To just slow down and savor each experience for its own. This was nice. I'm looking forward to next Shabbat already.

 

now, for the REALLY cool "gift" God gave me for our first ending-Shabbat together.

A friend invited us out to her place for the sunset watching event. (we really can't see anything from our house here.)

We enjoyed visiting with her and her dogs. (not sure who had the most fun, James, or the dogs he was playing with, or us laughing with pure delight at their joy in each other.)

 

It was a beautiful sunset. As it got darker in the sky, my friend pointed out two heavenly lights to me. At the time I had NO idea what we were witnessing. The next afternoon I opened an email from someone else and part of the message revealed the significance of the heavens that night. The brighter light I had seen is Venus. And the dimmer one above it is Jupiter. They won't be lined up like this again until 2052.

 

I know I am highly honored and blessed. What a great first ever together Shabbat gift from my Bridegroom!! (Traditionally TWO candles are at lit at Shabbat). And the traditional opening prayer (in English) is Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the Universe. Oh my, YES HE IS!!! 4 1/2 years and we're still in the honeymoon stage. I grow as I know more and more how beloved I am, and as I grow to love my Bridegroom more and more, as I get to know Him better. As I come to understand Whose I am.

 

Shabbat shalom

[singedwingangel]

Dec. 2, 2008 at 12:12 AM

that is one reason I absolutely love living here on my hillside in the middle of nowhere. God can paint some of the most beautiful scenes for meunadulterated by street lights or any other thing to distract me from the glory of the beauty he places before me daily. I will ahve to send ya some pics of our weather here and the beauty it can contain even in storms clouds he manages to bring through light overflowing from what sems to be total darkness and danger.

[AlohaWahine]

Dec. 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM

Awesome !