Be Courageous Be Bold Hebrews 4:16

The soldier stands at attention…

Ready and willing to go

To quickly obey and will not delay

No matter where she’s sent…

She’s been trained for this battle

She’s a soldier prepared for this…

Not what she thinks or understands…

But to simply follow the commands that’s given and then…

“YES SIR!” Is all she says…Saluting, she pivots

Responding without question, she does, as she, is told…

She’s confident, ready and bold…

We are in an army, our weaponry not of this world’s kind…

But by prayer and fasting, we’re lead by the Divine…

God has called, and we have answered…standing at attention we wait…

Stand your ground, run forward, and do not retreat, this enemy, you will defeat…

There is one, who is greater, who fights for you, simply obey Him and do what He asks you to do…

The battle is the Lords; you have nothing now to fear…

Adrenaline rush, demons crushed…at the mention of His Name…

Jesus, Commander of the Lord’s Army…

Yesterday, today and forever, He is the same…

Victory, Liberty, Freedom…

Blood is spilt and has forever bought the sons of men and women.

We fight and we win, because of Him!

Amen, and, amen!

~M. S. O’Neill October 2, 2017

You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. 2 Timothy 2:1-4 New International Version (NIV)

So, my son, throw yourself into this work for Christ. Pass on what you heard from me—the whole congregation saying Amen!—to reliable leaders who are competent to teach others. When the going gets rough, take it on the chin with the rest of us, the way Jesus did. A soldier on duty doesn’t get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on carrying out orders. An athlete who refuses to play by the rules will never get anywhere. It’s the diligent farmer who gets the produce. Think it over. God will make it all plain. 2 Timothy 2:1-7 The Message (MSG)

His eyes meet mine, Oh glory divine…

Within my chest I feel the beats of my heart race…no other one can ever take his place…

Deep calls to deep and I fall…in love with this tiny God-man…

He grows in stature, and with solitary command, with authority he speaks, in humility we cannot understand…

Who is this one who from heaven was sent, is He Prophet? Is He the Promised One?

Yes it is He…Jesus, man from Galilee…

He used to sit upon my knee, lay His head upon my chest…

I cradled Him at my breast…

My son who blessed…all those who follow Him…

Now gone from the nest…He hung upon a tree…

His eyes meet mine, Oh glory divine…

This Jesus, Savior of the World, and son of mine!

With labored breath He speaks…

Mother…behold your son

Within my chest I feel the beats of my heart race…

The look upon His face…

Love so pure, a secret passes between us…

Son…behold your Mother…

Not even death, can take from us, the bond of love, for one another!

~M.S. O’Neill October 2, 2017

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 New International Version (NIV)

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. But not to do our own thing…Oh no. Our liberty and freedom is to walk in the way our Holy God walks. And he wants us to walk with him. We are to lift Jesus up and follow him. We are to be led by the Holy Spirit in paths of righteousness…so that we will not fall into turmoil, anxiety, guilt, shame, regret and darkness that leads to death…

We are not to have preconceived ideas about what we think about God, but to live in truth and to have respect and say, “What is it that you want God?” We are to esteem others more highly than ourselves…Jesus didn’t come to save us so that we could have all the finest “things” this world offers…He came to save us so that we would be children of the Kingdom of God…not to lay up treasures here on the earth…but to lay hold of something so much more lasting and eternal. Where moth and rust cannot destroy and where thieves cannot come in and steal…treasures not made of earthen vessels…these treasures are souls…souls that will live forever and never die…Souls that we meet every day in the workplace, grocery store, wherever we go…and we are the souls that have been redeemed…but somehow something has gone wrong and we are weary and fearful and stressing about every little thing…The Holy Spirit is saying, “Stop it!”

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, we’ve known each other for over thirty years…and she was saying how she just doesn’t have the energy to do anything anymore…and that sometimes she just feels like slapping people…well, I know what she means, it does seem like people need a good slap every now and then…but no, that wouldn’t be Christ like…lol…sorry I got carried away…so I gave her this analogy…

If we hold anything in our hearts against other people, believer or non-believer, it is us who will suffer…and the Bible says if we don’t forgive we won’t be forgiven…and the tormenters are turned loose on us…I told her, it’s like the drain in your bathroom that goes to the toilet…when it gets clogged there’s some pretty icky stuff causing the fresh clean water from getting in and it is stopping the icky mess from being flushed…crude, I know, but it makes a good visual…when we allow “stuff” to get in our hearts and minds, unforgiveness, envy, strife, gossip, jealousy, hate, even the dislike of someone, that is the “icky clog” that is stopping us from hearing God’s voice clearly…it is what makes us sick and toxic…it will rob you of joy and peace and life…it can kill you, physically and spiritually…

But…when we say… “Lord, I choose to forgive, I choose to walk the way you have said to walk, I choose to be a doer of your word and not just a hearer or have lip service…I give my heart to you, so that you will be honored…” then the Holy Spirit like “Liquid Plumber” dissolves the “icky stuff” and instantly fresh, clean water is flowing again…the channel from God’s lips to your heart are opened and you can hear him speaking…Forgive as I’ve forgiven you. Walk in my love. Be at peace and be filled with my joy…My Spirit will only dwell in a clean vessel.

God loves each of us more than we can think or imagine…so…will you do it? Will you allow the Liquid Plumber (Holy Spirit), so to speak, flow freely through your pipes today…?

All it takes is humility and obedience…All torment will leave and no matter what the rest of the world is doing…you will be at Peace with God, yourself and with others…Just Do It!!!

~M.S. O’Neill September 29, 2017

Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We’re free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 The Message (MSG)

Imitating Christ’s Humility

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. . Philippians 2:2-4New International Version (NIV)

A Life of God-Worship

Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. Matthew 6:19-21The Message (MSG)

The ocean beckons me, as I stand upon the bow…

And gaze out as far as the eye can see…

A world, waiting for me…

Sea-air fills my lungs, as the ship turns about…

With exhilarating energy I salute, Mother Liberty—

There’s no longer a trace of doubt…

I have been chosen to stand in command

Let fall what may, I’m duty bound to sail upon the sea…

I am a sailor proud, to wear my uniform…

Victory won…my battle song…

Anchor’s away my friend…

Stand tall and true, for our Country—

All of you,

Who will fight for the red, white and blue…

Once more we lift our hand and salute…

Our Commander-in-Chief, with a new belief…

Our land is made brand new…

Pray and believe and do not doubt

God is watching us now…

The sea beckons, all of us, to bend the knee and bow

Lift high the banner of Jesus Christ

And watch as He fights for us now—

America, America…God grant grace to thee.

We put our hope and trust in God

As we set sail upon the sea!

~M. S. O’Neill – November 11, 2016

Salute to my son, Mark Liverio, Sailor tried and true

 

In honor of George Beverly Shea:

The Patriarch, alive but old, silver hair his crown…

How great thou art, he bellows, as heaven and earth hear him sing…

A quiver is heard in the vintage voice, but the heart of the man can still rejoice…

As tears stream down the audience’s face…He is still filled, with God’s, sweet, amazing grace…

The angels listen as the music transcends to every dimension throughout known and unknown land…long last they know and understand…God’s child he is, as he sings they all stand…in awe of this humble, vibrant, old man…as he sings in honor of the creator; Then Sings My Soul, My Savior God to Thee, How Great Thou Art…How Great Thou Art…Then Sings My Soul, My Savior God to Thee, How Great Thou Art…How Great Thou Art!!!

~M. S. O’Neill September 28, 2017

A bit of history…

George Beverly Shea (February 1, 1909 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian-born American^[1] gospel singer and hymn composer. Shea was often described as “America’s beloved gospel singer”^[2] and was considered “the first international singing ‘star’ of the gospel world,” as a consequence of his solos at Billy Graham Crusades and his exposure on radio, records and television. Because of the attendance at Graham’s Crusades, Shea has sung live before more people than anyone else in history.^[3][4]

Musical background

Shea was taught to play the violin by his father, and the piano and organ by his mother.^[13] Shea’s bass-baritone voice brought early recognition and provided many opportunities for him to sing in his father’s church.^[14] He began singing at religious meetings in the Ottawa Valley.^[13]

His Death

A centenarian, Shea died on April 16, 2013 at the age of 104 from complications following a stroke. He was buried on the grounds of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[33]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNUv-EyMQXU

 

Lord, I want to be all that you want me to be…

Let me pray for others, feed the hungry, go to foreign lands and preach your word…

I want to be a soul-winner and tell great tales of how you set men free and tell what I’ve heard…I’m sold out and committed, there is no doubt…I will follow thee.

Lord, why have you sent me to this place? I’m alone most of time and all I do is write, pray and go to church…read your word and as I search, I don’t understand why I’m here at all…

Listen God, I’ve prayed and cried and done everything but everything I try…seems small and insignificant I can’t see where I’ve helped at all…

GOD I’M ASKING PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT WITH ME…WHERE ARE YOU GOD…JUST TELL ME, PLEASE…DIDN’T YOU HEAR ME WHEN I SAID, I’M READY TO DO ANYTHING YOU ASK…?

If you aren’t going to use me here, then please let me go home to family…I miss them terribly…five years I’ve cried and prayed for guidance…I’m still alone and miss my home, where grandbabies play and grow and roam…but not with me, Oh can’t you see, I miss them terribly…

OK Lord, I get it…It’s your will…not mine…be done…I’m open Lord and I give my heart in total surrender to you…you’re the one…who calls the shots…I’m here Lord, this is all I’ve got…but what I have is yours…

In the stillness of a breath upon my heart I hear…Child I know what’s best for you and here is where I’ve sent you…to be a light in a tiny place where no one can see the tears on your face…only me and you have shared, these, last five years, and for this purpose I’m brought you here…obedience is better than sacrifice…

Growing up is hard to do…but patient-heart I promise you…will know in due season what it takes to live this life and what is true…on the journey I’ve charted out for you…

You see time is not relevant in the realm where I dwell… all that’s important is your heart so I’ll tell…you, the perfect sacrifice has already been met…that all I ask is obedience and let, my love be the motive of your heart…then those who are weak and without will see that it is I, not you, living inside of thee…in grace and long suffering, with humility, that’s where you will find serenity and peace throughout eternity…Obedience is all I ask of thee…

I hear you daddy God…I surrender to the call…the sacrifice I thought you wanted, wasn’t that at all…

Obedience only comes through suffering, producing the fruit of humility … only then will we be used for God’s glory…

~M. S. O’Neill September 28, 2017

While he lived on earth, anticipating death, Jesus cried out in pain and wept in sorrow as he offered up priestly prayers to God. Because he honored God, God answered him. Though he was God’s Son, he learned trusting-obedience by what he suffered, just as we do. Then, having arrived at the full stature of his maturity and having been announced by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who believingly obey him. Hebrews 5:7-10 The Message (MSG)

Unclean! Unclean!

I cry out to the crowd…

Running away, they shutter and bow

Turning from me, fear strikes their hearts

Then suddenly without warning I look up in a start…

This man they call, Good-Shepherd, calls to me…

“Son of Adam, would thou be made whole?”

Shocked! Frozen in time…

I looked at him and said, “Are you out of your mind?”

Then, He, Touched me; tender and kind…

Unclean I cried, do not touch me, or you’ll die…

Slowly suffering, rotting, decay; I sighed…

With no thought for His being, the Good-Shepherd laid hold

Drawing me near, he said, “Behold,

I make all things new! Now leprosy, undo this man and set him free.”

Looking down at my hands, new skin appears, and then my eyes overflow with tears…

Dropping the rags that held me bound…I’m clean, brand new, and sing-out with new sounds…

Joyful songs of ecstasy… I’m free, I’m found…

I shout and jump and run about…then turning to Good-Shepherd I bow…

I’m no longer afraid for His well-being…

I can’t believe what I am seeing…

Humbly and with great joy…I hug Him and say…

Thank you, Good-Shepherd, for what you’ve given me today…

New life, New Hope, New Soul, New Born…how can I ever repay?

He looks at me with eyes of grace; love shrouds me with a tender embrace…

No longer shunned from the human race…

Loved, cleansed, body, soul and spirit, completely whole…just in time, one word from the Master and Jesus is mine!

~M.S. O’Neill September 26, 2017

Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. Matthew 8:3 (NIV)

 

Not just for the death of his friend…

He wept because he knows the hardness of humanities heart…

He wept for souls, souls of old and souls of present and souls yet to be

Weeping for you and weeping for me…

“Lord if you’d only been here my brother would not have died…”

The woman, grief-stricken and full of pain…cried out to the Lord heart-broken and drained…

“I am the resurrection and the life, he who is dead will live again…”

Jesus groaned in his spirit at their unbelief…

He knew his friend would die…

And that is why

He waited four days before his return; to call him awake…

One word from him is all that it would take…

Jesus wept.

He called Lazarus back for their sake…so the unbelievers would not make the mistake…of staying in deaths grip…so that they would see the glory of God and partake…but…would they?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent to you, how often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not… (Matt. 23:37 KJV)

 You are blind guards you strain out at a gnat but swallow a camel… (Matt. 23: 24 NIV)

Can you not see? Can you not hear? Can you not believe? 

Weeping, he shouts…. “Lazarus! Come forth!

Yes, Jesus wept… (John 11:35)

Souls are the most important thing to our Heavenly Father. It is for souls he sent his son, Jesus, to die for. He breathed into mankind a living soul. There are thousands upon thousands of souls who are lost and have never even opened a Bible…never heard a prayer, never heard a sermon, never walked into a Church…they are lost and don’t even know it.

The Holy Spirit is the one who draws us to Jesus. He’s the one who dwells within us and teaches us about Him. When we accept Jesus into our hearts we are like new born babies in the kingdom of God. He becomes our Abba (daddy God.) He gives us all we need to know him, to walk like him, talk like him and share him with others. He is a good, good father.

I pray right now that He will put pains of hunger within your heart so that you won’t rest until you have eaten the bread of life and your life becomes healthy, joyful and full of Him. I pray that you will become so thirsty for the living water of His Word that nothing will keep you from seeking out the river of living waters and you will drink and become so hydrated that you will never want anything but His living water ever again. That nothing satisfies like being drenched in Him.

I pray that your new desires, your new dreams will be to know him more and share him with everyone you meet. That you will be FULL of HIS LOVE and that no evil, no death, no life, nothing this world has to offer will take Him from you and that you will be saturated with His peace and His joy for He is your strength…He is your rest…and He is your life!

Jesus didn’t just weep for them…he wept for all creation throughout eternity…he wept for you the one reading this right now…you who are deep in depression. He wept for those who are steeped in drug addictions and for lost babies and those with disease and broken hearts. He weeps for those in war and for all those so full of hate but he loves you too…God doesn’t cause war or disease or death…He is a God of love and he came to give life…He is truth…stop believing lies…God loves you and wants the very best for you.

He is saying to you right now… (Insert a name), COME FORTH! Take off your grave-clothes. Clean, fresh, robes of righteousness are prepared for you. Throw away the old and embrace the new. You are no longer dead, you are alive!

I thought about this, we know that the Bible talks about Jesus being joyful, and that he rejoices, and he has a great sense of humor, but I don’t ever remember seeing a scripture in the Bible with the words that say, “Jesus laughed.” But it does say, “Jesus wept.” He groaned in his spirit. He prayed. His sweat became like great drops of blood. He healed people. He loves people. He died and rose again. He ministered to children and women and men. Jesus was human and he is divine. He’s praying, interceding for us right now. He doesn’t want anyone to be lost.

I don’t know the answers too many things, but I do know this…Jesus is the Son of God…He is my Savior… and He loves us so much! He has all the answers and if you have questions, go to him, talk to him…and remember, He wept, not just for Lazarus, he weeps for you too! He weeps for humanity. He’s calling you…He is praying for you.

Lord, I don’t want to make you weep, I want to see you laugh…amen!

~M. S. O’Neill September 25, 2017

After they had eaten Jesus said to Peter…

Simon, son of John, do you love me more than you love these men, your brethren?

Do you love me more than you love fishing?

Simon, son of John, do you love me more than your children? Do you love me more than earthly goods? Is this what you’re saying? Is this what I understood? Simon, son of John, how much do you love me? ~Jesus

Yes, Lord, you know that I love you dearly. I know I denied you, just days ago, there is no excuse this is all I know. When I heard that rooster crow…

I remembered your words and my heart filled with great woe…

Now Lord, I really know, that yes, I love you…~Peter

Feed my little ones, those who are weak, these I ask you, will all be led

In fields of green pastures, let them be fed…

Feed those you know who are also mature, for the road will be hard, and they must endure…

 Many trials will come, but feed them with grace; they’ll need my light shining from your bold, zealous, face…

 Feed them with love and feed them with truth…keep my sheep safe, this I ask of you…

Follow me Simon, son of John…and never retreat…heaven is your homeland so until we meet,

 Again…feed my sheep! ~Jesus

~Marla Shaw O’Neill September 23, 2017

John 21:15-19 New International Version (NIV)

When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”

Every time we say a prayer, which comes from our heart, we are connecting with our Father God…we are engaging with the Creator of all Life…

We are in communication…we are one with Him and He is one with us…

In the Gospel of John, Chapter 17, Jesus knew what was coming and He prayed…

He prayed that His Abba would be glorified through him…

He prayed for those God had given him to teach and lead and direct them to Father God, Elohim.

He prayed that they would be one even as God and Jesus were one…

He prayed that they might know Him, the Only True God, and Jesus Christ, whom He had sent.

Jesus glorified His Father on earth; He finished the work God sent him to do. Then He said, “O Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.” (Verse 5)

Before the world was….do you get that? Jesus is praying for his disciples, he is in communion with His Father in heaven…he knows his time has come and he is praying, for his disciples and for us…

Verse 9: I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you gave me; for they are yours. 10: and all are mine; and I am glorified in them.

He goes on praying, communing with God…and verse 20: this is where you and I come in… “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as you, Father, art in me and I am in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me.

He keeps praying read 22, 23, 24 when you get to verse 25, I love this one…he says, “O righteous Father,” Jesus knows who His father is, He is righteous… he goes on to say, “the world has not known you, and these have known that you have sent me.”

Verse 26: And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the LOVE wherewith you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Please get this…Jesus is the Son of the Living God, and here He is praying for His disciples. He knows what’s about to happen to him, so what does he do? He prays…

The Savior, the Redeemer, the Son of God is praying.

Connecting with God is so very important…you may say just a word, a sigh, or pour your heart out before God…He will listen and He will answer…not always in the way we expect or think but always in the way our Father knows is best. When we pray it changes everything…we are in tune with God, we become one…then, God hears us and He listens and it opens the channels for God to move on our behalf…

Jesus knew his purpose and he fulfilled that purpose…it wasn’t easy…it wasn’t a walk in the park…it was painful and unthinkable…but it was worth it…Following Jesus is a dying to self…it’s taking up our cross and living a life separated from this world and it’s culture and prejudices. It’s a life set apart for what God wants, not what we want…

I’ve asked God for five years, “Why am I here Lord? What’s my purpose? I miss my family. I miss my mom. I miss life as it used to be. Everything is different the whole world has changed and not for the better, so why God, why am I here?

He’s told me many times that he is the one who has sent me here. I was content with that for a while then I’d rehash it again…but why, what is my purpose? I’m lonely, and homesick. Still I go to Church and I pray and read His word and pray some more and I write hoping people will see and understand how much God loves us.

It’s very quiet here, there’s lots of solitude and I’m grateful for peace. But I feel as if I’m not accomplishing much. Five years, is a long time of quiet. And because of my age and diabetes I have good days and not so good days physically. That’s no excuse but it limits me in many ways to go outside the home. So I write a lot.

This morning I was having many thoughts like leaving here, but where would I go and I’d miss Bob terribly, his work is here. I’m just being honest. After Irma and all the turmoil in the world I want to be with my family. I want to see my grandbabies and hold them and spend time with them before time runs out. But they have their lives to live and I would just be in the way. These were my thoughts. I put my hands on each side of my head and said, God, let me capture each thought and bring into subjection to you, that I will put aside every thought that exalts itself against you. Amen.

I began to pray. I was missing my mom. Her influence and her prayers were always welcomed. I missed praying with her and our conversations about the things of God. I got her Bible and in my spirit I heard, Read John 17. I opened her King James Bible. She treasured God’s word. As I opened the book, it fell on John 12. I looked at it and was going to start there but I heard a gentle, No not 12; 17. So I turned to chapter 17, and as I said above it was about Jesus praying…

When I was thirteen years old I wanted to be a Missionary to Africa. It was a longing in my heart. But as I grew up that dream became a distant memory.

After I read John 17, and took some notes, I began to hear the Holy Spirit say…This, is your mission field. This is your assignment. This is where ‘I’ will be glorified through you. You are the answer to my son’s prayer, the one He prayed in chapter 17 all those years ago.

He prayed for you, your generation, all those before and for all those after. You are one of the believers he was praying for. It’s because of His prayer you were called and chosen. For this time in history…your time to glorify me…your Abba, we are one. You are doing what I’ve sent you to do. Stop asking why…

I burst into tears and with a grateful, thankful, full-heart and I worshipped Abba, my loving, gracious, heavenly Father…

If you are feeling lonely, unfulfilled, insignificant, to old, to young, if you’re feeling like you are set aside with no purpose…please know this…Jesus has prayed for you…he has called you for such a time as this…right now, right where you are…

You are on His mission field…for His purpose and His glory…Jesus has prayed just for you…Don’t be discouraged, don’t be defeated…God is with you and in you…we are not alone…God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit are with us and in us, we are one!

For those of us who are not strong as we once were physically…with Jesus in us we are more than conquerors. The Joy of Lord is our strength. Whatever we can do for Him, we will do it with all our might, to bring Glory and honor to God, Amen!

One last thing…because my children have all been born into the kingdom of God…we are going to spend an eternity together…so I don’t need to miss them anymore. I’ll just enjoy them all the more when we can be together.

Our mission is to do what God has called us to do and to do it with His joy and love and peace…

Pray for our missionaries who are all over the world. (Pastor Matt Tumas and His family need our prayers. They are in Guatemala) Thank you!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill September 20, 2017