GRATEFULNESS

Hi eveyone. God bless you. i have had an interestingly full week. i am loving the outreach on Thursday being from Rudy and Lori's house now. The people God sends each week are beautiful to behold. God is so good to us. i am battling a chest throat thing that is stubborn but slowly going away. Everyone but Mom got it, please pray she avoids it. i think it has given me more time with God, and for that i am grateful. Sorry i missed being with you at a few events, but i love you all.

i have been studying the Prophets and the correlations to the New testament. There are so many. If you are interested, i will list a few. The Messianic Psalms are pretty fascinating in their relationship to Jesus birth, death, resurrection and second coming. They are: Psalm 2 The son of God, Psalm 45 the One chosen by God, Psalm 78 Teacher of parables, Psalm 110 a Priest forever, Psalm 41 betrayed by a friend, Psalm 35 lied about, Psalm 22 mocked and eventually crucified, Psalm 16 Saviour come back to life, Psalm 68 He returned to Heaven to reign with the Father, and Psalm 72 He will come again.

But for me, the most interesting and most convicting of all is Isaiah 58 and Matthew 25:31-46. This is where God and Jesus tell us to go the the poor, hungry, thirsty, naked, imprisoned people of the world. Jesus takes it further and says the "least of these," the poorest of the poor. Isaiah was written about 740 years before Jesus lived. Wow. God was speaking through him and speaks to us today. Jesus came and spoke directly to us. He left us His Holy Spirit to guide us. i am in great awe. This is our Mission, the RAVEN Mission and i vow to do this with my dying breath. i will fall short, but i have my brothers and sisters to help me up and keep me on the narrow path and i am grateful. It has been a gift form God to be in His word this last week and weekend. i can think of nothing i love more than going for Him, wherever He sends me, and being in His word. Thank you Jesus. Amen.

Thank you to all my brother and sisters who support me in many ways. Thank you for always praying for me, it means a lot to me. God bless you all and know you are always in my heart and prayers......... i love you... Deb