Personal Miracles

[SabbathBlessings]

Hello,
Sorry if there is a thread like this already. I am new to this forum and thought it would be nice to have a thread how God has worked miracles in our everyday lives.

I have had many miracles from God throughout my life, but recently God worked a miracle in my life which has brought me closer to Him.

I was raised SDA. I always believed in the SDA church and its teachings. While I didn't work on the Sabbath with most of the jobs I had throughout my life, I was not keeping the Sabbath Holy the way God intended me to. I became a bit bored in my other business and I had this great idea to open a Cafe. I thought it would be fun and was excited about marketing and romanticized about what a Cafe owner would be like. Our first location was open M-F and it was more a production site and was adamant about being closed on weekends due to Sabbath keeping (even if I was not really following it). In order to make our first location successful we had to open a second location with more traditional cafe that would require being open on weekends. I signed a lease (with a personal guarantee) that required to be open 7 days a week. We had an awesome time with the build out and decorated it to the nines. On the first day of opening when everyone was so excited I was devastated because I knew I made a huge mistake. While I thought I would be able to not work on Sabbath, that did not happen as I was called regularly to come in for last minute emergencies. Throughout the whole experience I became miserable. I felt trapped. I signed over all my assets to guarantee to pay rents for two commercial spaces. I prayed and gave it to God. I decided to sell and called a broker who made the process of selling very easy. I was already stressed out by owning and operating two separate businesses, I did not have much left in me. We listed the business and than COVID hit. The great thing I could close on weekends. I felt a lot of peace but still felt stressed because I knew no one in their right mind would buy a business especially a cafe when all restaurants were shut down. A week later my broker called and said someone is interested and wants to meet. After one meeting he presented an offer to my broker and we accepted. We had several bumps along the way where the devil was doing its best to block this sale, but God took care of me and I never had to open up another weekend. The sale closed right before restaurants were allowed to be open again so after giving it to God I never had to work another Sabbath again.

This experience made me understand what Sabbath keeping is really about. Its a special day between you and the Lord and is meant as a blessing and not as punishment which previously I viewed it as all the things you can't do versus all the things you should do to keep that special relationship between you and God on His Blessed Day.

My agent was shocked he sold my cafes so quickly during this time and it was unheard of. God made the process so easy for me. I'm thankful in so many ways for giving me this miracle. I can't help but wonder if I would have been lost forever had I not started working on the Sabbath. The guilt tugged at my heart every time I went in on Saturday/Sabbath and just being open Sabbath. For the first time I really understood why Sabbath keeping is so important and the blessing it brings.

 

[BobRyan]

Hello,
Sorry if there is a thread like this already. I am new to this forum and thought it would be nice to have a thread how God has worked miracles in our everyday lives.

I have had many miracles from God throughout my life, but recently God worked a miracle in my life which has brought me closer to Him.

I was raised SDA. I always believed in the SDA church and its teachings. While I didn't work on the Sabbath with most of the jobs I had throughout my life, I was not keeping the Sabbath Holy the way God intended me to. I became a bit bored in my other business and I had this great idea to open a Cafe. I thought it would be fun and was excited about marketing and romanticized about what a Cafe owner would be like. Our first location was open M-F and it was more a production site and was adamant about being closed on weekends due to Sabbath keeping (even if I was not really following it). In order to make our first location successful we had to open a second location with more traditional cafe that would require being open on weekends. I signed a lease (mind you with a personal guarantee) that required to be open 7 days a week. We had an awesome time with the build out and decorated it to the nines. On the first day of opening when everyone was so excited I was devastated because I knew I made a huge mistake. While I thought I would be able to not work on Sabbath, that did not happen as I was called regularly to come in for last minute emergencies. Throughout the whole experience I became miserable. I felt trapped. I signed over all my assets to guarantee to pay rents for two commercial spaces. I prayed and gave it to God. I decided to sell and called a broker who made the process of selling very easy. I was already stressed out by owning and operating two separate businesses, I did not have much left in me. We listed the business and than COVID hit. The great thing I could close on weekends. I felt a lot of peace but still felt stressed because I knew no one in their right mind would buy a business especially a cafe when all restaurants were shut down. A week later my broker called and said someone is interested and wants to meet. After one meeting he presented an offer to my broker and we accepted. We had several bumps along the way where the devil was doing its best to block this sale, but God took care of me and I never had to open up another weekend. The sale closed right before restaurants were allowed to be open again so after giving it to God I never had to work another Sabbath again.

This experience made me understand what Sabbath keeping is really about. Its a special day between you and the Lord and is meant as a blessing and not as punishment which previously I viewed it as all the things you can't do versus all the things you should do to keep that special relationship between you and God on His Blessed Day.

My agent was shocked he sold my cafes so quickly during this time and it was unheard of. God made the process so easy for me. I'm thankful in so many ways for giving me this miracle. I can't help but wonder if I would have been lost forever had I not started working on the Sabbath. It tugged at my heart every time and for the first time I understood why Sabbath keeping is so important and the blessing it brings.

I am praising God with you for what He did for you. blessings to you.

I have had miracles in my life as well - life saving miracles and God deserves all the praise.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

I am praising God with you for what He did for you. blessings to you.

I have had miracles in my life as well - life saving miracles and God deserves all the praise.

Yes, God deserves all the praise. Would you mind sharing one of your miracles? With all the news/media being so negative, sharing our own personal miracles I think could give a lot of people hope and stronger faith in these last days.