-'You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best--the sun to warm and the rain to nourish--to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that. 'In a word, what I'm saying is, Grow up. You're kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.' Matthew 5:44-48 The Message [MSG]
People will say he’s simply a little touched, others will probably say, he wasn’t touched, he was struck down!.... But that really does not matter to me anymore.I will try to explain…
I had the opportunity to sit down the other day at the center and pack up all of the 150 back packs with school supplies for children who live in circumstances that are beyond belief for many who read this newsletter.I wasn’t doing that much, but with Victor and Gloria we got all of the materials distributed to the children, during that 4 or 5 hour time while we were working, somehow the conversation turned to something that causes most Hondurans to worry most of the time and that is what other people are thinking.I told Gloria, “I quit worrying what other people think, I am only concerned in my life with what God thinks and if
Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen." Did you read that? Faith is assurance of things hoped for! What are you hoping for? Destruction? the end to come? pain? hopelessness? I find many people who are hoping for those things. But here in Honduras, we want you and God to know
This time of year in Honduras many children will die because of drinking contaminated water. The World Health Organization says that 50,000 children under the age of 5 will die in Honduras each year due to contaminated drinking water. This is the dry season, it is difficult to find water, families are forced to walk miles carrying
