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The Remnant Shall Return!

I returned to Scotland several times and always ministered to the  Messianic fellowship represented by the  women  with whom I met in the restaurant.  

Shaare Yeshuv consists of some Jewish believers in Yeshua and many non-Jewish people who love and appreciate their Jewish roots. Shaare Yeshuv means  “The Remnant Shall Return” and is based on the promise that God always has a remnant. No matter how far they stray they WILL return to Him.  

One particular year I was making plans to go again to minister to Shaare Yeshuv. Despite the number of times I went, each time was a faith-walk in the area of finances.  My husband has always forbidden me to use any household money for my ministry. Household money included my own paychecks. I was simply not to use any money that we had earned for these trips. So—there I was every year, knowing I had the call, and having no idea where the money was going to come from. Now, in case you think that was awful, it was NOT. I learned HARD how to lie before the Lord, how to stand, how to believe,  how to hope, how to respect the CALL, how to expect.

But this particular year I was tired and almost gave up, collapsed, say ‘I missed it’ and tell the group who had already printed up fliers that I wouldn’t be coming. I did write to Dorothe and said, “Please pray. Not sure what is going on but the finances are not available to me to come. 

I sat down for my prayer and Bible reading time and jotted a note to the Lord. “Maybe I’m just not to go.” I opened my Bible to the place where the bookmark was, the spot scheduled for me to read.

Since 1980 I had been systematic about my reading. Old Testament, New Testament, A Psalm and a Proverb.  So I opened to Isaiah 10. I started to read then  sat up straight, flung my head back and gave a whoop! 

Isaiah  10:21 “The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God”. 

I gave my Bible a squeeze and a hug—maybe a kiss, put it aside and grabbed my computer mouse. 

“Dorothe I am COMING. THE REMNANT SHALL RETURN! Isaiah 10:21!” 

Has God ever spoken to you through His Word when you least expected it.

Barely Got Into Scotland

Shortly before Lee Cedra and I went into Scotland I had attended a conference in St Louis led by a man whose ministry included gold appearing in the service , even having new gold teeth  placed in people’s mouths. I wasn’t  interested in the hype but I knew the pastor before he had fallen, repented, and been restored so I went and was touched by the sweetness of the worship. I couldn’t stop crying. I told some of the women from Women with a Vision about it. One woman sniffed and said, “Cheryl you are SO dramatic and emotional. That’s why you cried. And that is the LAST THING I NEED! A BIG GOLD TOOTH IN THE FRONT OF THIS BLACK WOMAN’S MOUTH! ” So she came the next evening to prove that I was over-the-top in the touchy feel-ly department. But she wasn’t prepared for the effect that the worship had on her. She was sobbing and broken.  At the end of the service she even went up when prayer was offered and the pastor gently said to her, “Sister, open your mouth, wide.” There in the far back of her mouth was a molar which seemed to be made of silver and gold. She subsequently went to her dentist who confirmed that there was no way any man could have created that molar. That was a gift from God.

 So with this fresh on  my mind we boarded the plane for Scotland. Before leaving the U.S. I had contacted Jews for Jesus international and was given  the names of two  Jewish women in Scotland who were heads of Messianic ministries.  Lee and I settled into our B&B in Bridge of Allen, visited a Church of Scotland which, interestingly, had a woman as the speaker that Sunday morning. We toured, saw the Wallace Memorial,  rode a bus on The Royal Mile. But we knew we had not hit the heart of what God wanted for us on the journey. I had tried, and failed to phone the two women. But finally, 2 days before our departure, SUCCESS! 

Sonya Addleman of Edinburgh answered the phone and immediately, upon hearing my brief testimony, agreed to get the entire board of their ministry together the following day for lunch at a restaurant. Lee and I got there, sat down and as always, I just started chattering away. I told them about the most amazing experience our friend had getting a gold/silver tooth. Little did I know that I was sealing the door shut on any chance of ministry there because this group was  totally horrified by EXCESS and SHOW and SIGNS.

One board member, Dorothe, had taken a liking to me and later told me the problem.
 “Well it wasn’t MY tooth. I didn’t do it! I was just THERE!” I wailed.
Dorothe talked the board, begging them to give me a chance and the following year I was invited to Edinburgh to do a conference for their ministry. It was a solid love-relationship ever since and I’ve returned to Scotland many times, ministering in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Auchenblae and I never get enough! I'm so glad Dorothe gave me a chance!

 The photo is Dorothe. Impatient with watching Neil try unsuccessfully to give Star, the baby Clydesdale an apple which kept falling on the hay, Dorothe plucked it up, took a big bite out of it and handed it to the horse. She is a hero! 

Q. Do you think I was wrong to tell about that experience?

I FORGOT TO PRAY!

Here I am sitting at my computer in a dither because I don’t know how to use my website! I don’t know how to add content, add photos or add events. I have been aggravating my web creator who is, after all, artistic–not a teacher of someone 66 years old who needs step by step explanations. I’ve googled self-help ideas, asked friends, considered taking my laptop up to the local high who could teach me.
Five minutes ago I was scrolling down the titles of books on the variation of the theme: “Websites for Numbskulls/Dimwits/Old Folks”.
Then I thought, “I forgot to pray!”
Philippians 4:6,7  (from the ESV) says “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
So–since I’m a step-by-step person I’m going to take those scriptures step by step!
1. STOP BEING ANXIOUS and repent, “Forgive me Lord for allowing myself to be anxious over what You already have covered. I just need to let You uncover it for me.
2.  Pray! Tell God what is wrong. “Lord I cannot figure out this website! It is worthless if I can’t use it!”
3. Supplication. Tell him what I want or need. “Lord I want to be able to easily and fluently add  text, photos, and events, regularly and efficiently in a way that women can access  and participate in the ministry.”
4. Thanksgiving “Thank You Lord for sending me Jez to create this beautiful website. Thank you for the full and glorious ministry you have given me. Thank You for the women whose lives it will touch in a greater way when they can participate from so far away in their lonely spaces.”
5. My request: Please send me the right person or resource, Lord,  who can help me using  my learning style and has a heart for the ministry.”
6. Peace that passes understanding. “Ahhhhh!”
How about you? Are you anxious? Try those steps. They haven’t failed me in all the 30 years I have used them.