Summer Travels!

God’s peace and blessings to all of you!

What a blessing these posts have been! And how sweet the fellowship is in our group—Adventists and Muslims together choosing to submit their lives to our amazing, glorious Creator God! That certainly goes against the general trends of this world—I mean both the submitting AND the fellowshipping of people from different faith traditions. Yet when the first step is in place—when we’re submitted to God—then and only then is the second step truly possible.

So, do you desire to truly submit every aspect of your life to Allah? Do you long for a safe place to learn and grow and be loved and known? Look no further than the “ayat” / “signs” in the Qur’an!

Blessings and mercy,

-Heidi
(for the Adventist Muslim Fellowship Association)

Note: I will be away for 2 months, so in the meantime, another group member will share their thoughts. I will miss you all greatly, but trust that Allah will be with you and me while we are apart.

Thoughts about Jihad (struggle)

As-salaam aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu! Peace and blessings and the mercy of God upon all of you today!

God willing (inshallah), you’ve been experiencing a bit of jihad lately. What?? Yes, that’s what I said—jihad. As we’ve learned from the blessed Qur’an, we are part of a gigantic, cosmic jihad, with Iblis (Satan) blatantly challenging the authority of Allah, subhanna wa ta’ala (God, glorious is He). So, it shouldn’t surprise us if we are caught between two opposite extremes—the side of our Creator God or the side of His enemy, Satan. Every second of our day is an opportunity to choose whether we’ll submit to God or to our own desires or to the whispered suggestions of Satan. To submit to Allah or not—that is real jihad.

So, how are your jihad skills developing? Been practicing a lot? I hope so! I’ve been making du’ahs (prayers) for our group, that we may be constantly submitted to God, in this world of confusion and problems.

Ready for some more encouragement along the Straight Path? Then come join us this Thursday, inshallah, at this week’s “Signs” study group (halaqa). We’ll meet at 5:30 at the usual place—contact us here for directions if this is your first time visiting us.

Looking forward to seeing you, God willing!

Peace!

Heidi
(on behalf of the Adventist Muslim Fellowship Association)