A much greater poverty

"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat." Mother Teresa  Naho, Joshua, Hosahna, Shane and I visited a home for the elderly near our home. One of the grandmothers said, "I have no family." Not only do we want to teach our children to care for the weak and elderly, we want to show Christ's love to them. Lord willing, Naho will play some BGM for them during their meal once a month. Please pray that we would be able to share Christ's love in a very real way.

Remember but two things...

"My memory is nearly gone; but I remember two things: that I am a great sinner and Jesus is a great Savior." John Newton

Prayer is the forerunner of mercy.

'Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarcely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheraldled by supplication. You have found this true in your own experience. God has given you many an unsolicited favor, but still great prayer has always been the prelude of great mercy with you. When you found peace through the blood of the cross, you had been praying much, and earnestly interceding with God that He would remove your doubts, and deliver you from your distresses. Your assurance was the result of prayer. When at any time you have had high and rapturous joys, you have been obliged to look upon them as answers to your prayers. When you have had great deliverances out of sore troubles, and mighty helps in great dangers, you have been able to say, "I sought the Lord , and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears." Prayer is always the preface of blessing.' Charles H. Spurgeon

Behold the glory of the Lord

"Our specific responsibility in the pursuit of holiness as seen in 2 Corinthians 3:18, then, is to behold the glory of the Lord as it is displayed in the gospel. The gospel is the 'mirror' through which we now behold His beauty. One day we shall see Christ, not as in a mirror, but face to face. Then, 'we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is' (1 John 3:2). Until then we behold Him in the gospel. Therefore, we must 'preach the gospel to ourselves every day.'" Jerry Bridges