God's LOVE for the NATIONS

My Rebecca in India, Summer 2001

Jesus said,

“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; 

and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem,

and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to

the remotest part of the earth!”

(Acts 1:8)

       I love this picture! The fair maiden with the radiant smile amongst these beautiful children of India is Rebecca Jill – my baby girl.

It became evident early on that God had wired her heart with an uncommon love for the nations. As a middle-schooler, she competed for the chance to go on mission to Africa with World Vision. It seemed quite the paradox in our house rules that our adolescent could not go to the mall across town without parental escort, yet she had our permission to journey to a distant continent far across the globe. 

The voice of the Lord continues to call from Isaiah 6:8, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Although my personal international travels, thus far, have been limited, it has not gone unnoticed that this blog has been viewed in Russia, Germany, Malaysia, Canada, France, South Korea, Belgium, Romania, Peru, China, Kuwait, India, Belarus, Netherlands, Australia, Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Indonesia, Ecuador, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Nigeria, Argentina, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Colombia, Pakistan, Guatemala, Dominica, Brazil, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Egypt, Serbia, Japan, Croatia, Panama, Lithuania, Lebanon, Namibie, Oman, Slovenia, Bahrain, Macedonia, Qatar, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Singapore, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Israel, Norway, Morocco, Greece, Vietnam, Ghana, as well as the United States.

The Lord wired my daughter’s heart with an uncommon love for the nations because God, our Creator, has an extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, wondrously breathtaking love for the people of all nations!

Before you were even born, God knew your name. He knew you (and I) would make mistakes; He knew we would sin. Since the payment for sin is death and separation from God forever, He loves you so much that God sent His Son, Jesus, to pay that death penalty for you! Over two thousand years ago, Jesus died on a cross in your place so that you may receive forgiveness for your sins and the free gift of never-ending, eternal life with God.

       If you don’t have that close friendship with God through Jesus, please hear me carefully; God wants you close to Him, and He has a gift for you today! It’s a FREE gift of GRACE – God giving what we do not deserve and cannot earn. He said to take His gift of forgiveness of sins and eternal life by faith and belief in His Son, Jesus!

       Then one day, we will sing a new song together saying:

“Worthy are You (Jesus)…for You were slain and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation!” (Rev. 5:9)

       Please know that when I see the name of your country on this little family blog, I pray for you and would love to hear if you have received God’s free gift of forgiveness and eternal life. Just leave a comment on the blog or email me at misjill413@aol.com.