blondiechika05
Dec 24, 2006, 06:31 PM
My family seems to be going in three different directions when it comes to religion. Both my parents are Jewish, so I was raised Jewish but was baptized into the Lutheran church about 6 months ago. My father has explained his belief as that "an intelligent life force created the universe and then said 'Go play.'" He does not believe in organized religion.
However, the biggest problem is with my mother. It's not so much that I disagree with her attending services at a Messianic Jewish synagogue, although I disagree with the Messianic movement as a whole since it seems to me that the only Messianic thing about it is the use of the name of Jesus (which is said as Y'shua there) in the services. The problem is that my mother does not know what to do in terms of her religion. She wonders, as do I, why Jews do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah since so many others do believe. She wants to be able to say the Hebrew prayers and she wants to be around the Torah, but she also wants to be able to sit with someone so she doesn't feel alone, but she is very shy and has trouble approaching people she doesn't know. She actually came with me to the Christmas Eve service at my church and was comfortable, but she still wants to have the Torah. She needs divine guidance but she and I have both been waiting for a sign of where she should go from the synagogue and it does not appear to have come yet. She needs to find a place where she feels welcomed and where she will not be pushed into anything. HELP!!
However, the biggest problem is with my mother. It's not so much that I disagree with her attending services at a Messianic Jewish synagogue, although I disagree with the Messianic movement as a whole since it seems to me that the only Messianic thing about it is the use of the name of Jesus (which is said as Y'shua there) in the services. The problem is that my mother does not know what to do in terms of her religion. She wonders, as do I, why Jews do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah since so many others do believe. She wants to be able to say the Hebrew prayers and she wants to be around the Torah, but she also wants to be able to sit with someone so she doesn't feel alone, but she is very shy and has trouble approaching people she doesn't know. She actually came with me to the Christmas Eve service at my church and was comfortable, but she still wants to have the Torah. She needs divine guidance but she and I have both been waiting for a sign of where she should go from the synagogue and it does not appear to have come yet. She needs to find a place where she feels welcomed and where she will not be pushed into anything. HELP!!