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The Action Report Connie's Story - Alone, She Still Radiated Peace and Love Remember the old saying, "I complained I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet”? Sometimes, in spite of our own sufferings, we don’t know how easy we have it until we meet people who pay the ultimate price—death or abandonment—because of allegiance to Jesus. When the Jewish Messiah spoke to His Jewish disciples, He warned them that their foes would be from within their own households. They were to remain faithful to Him, trust in His presence and give nothing but love in return for any hate or contempt that would come their way. For this Action Report I want you to concentrate on just one precious life. Her name is Connie, she is a Jewess, and she lives in Israel. She is full of compassion and gentleness and seems to feel the pain of all who hurt. When I heard her story, I knew why she is so special. Those who suffer much often love the most. In Connie’s study of the Hebrew Scriptures, she was overwhelmed with proof that Yeshua is indeed the Messiah. Though she was wise, caring and sensitive, her enraged husband taunted and tormented her. The worse he treated her, the more she loved him. Finally, he abandoned her and talked her sons into doing the same. Connie was on her own. Alone! Yet, when I met her, she radiated such peace and love! We visited her in her simple house on a kibbutz in the Galilee. Later, we sent her a gift and this is the letter she wrote: "You have no idea how much you are helping me—now I will be able to get some wood for the fireplace to keep the house warm. The house has been so cold, and I have been sick for over a week with a terrible cold. I know it’s because I have not been heating the house. I am going to make inquiries today as to where to order the firewood—maybe I’ll have it here in the next few days! I am so excited. Thank you for the Scripture, John 12:24-26. I will keep standing in Yeshua and loving Him. He has been a very precious and faithful Husband to me. Thank you again for thinking of me and blessing me. And I thank my Father in heaven for putting me on your heart.” Just one life of many we reach out to help as God leads and supplies. Count your blessings, dear friend. And pray for Connie and others like her all over this world who suffer pain and rejection because of simple loyalty to Jesus. You’re loved by God—and us, Frank Eiklor & Team Shalom Related Articles · More Articles Jesus said many would come in His name and deceive the hearts of the simple, sinful and proud. Eastern mysticism and meditation is a big thing in the gullible West. And one day a “world leader” will appear on the scene with the persuasion of a god and the heart of a devil. Jesus warns His children to know the Scriptures, live in obedience to the Father’s will, and stay alert to the signs of the times. They laugh no more. Now God’s description of how He will destroy the old earth and create a
new one makes perfect sense. The splitting of the atom turned many skeptics into believers.
After all, look what man himself is capable of doing with the atom and hydrogen bombs. Now
the fear is that nuclear weapons are being placed in the hands of madmen who wish to annihilate
their enemies. God has blessed man with incredible genius. We stand in awe as we watch men and women in a room full of computers and high-tech instruments guiding and landing spacecraft on distant planets. At that moment, we appear invincible. But then a mammoth tornado comes—or a terrifying hurricane—or rains that flood whole regions and never listen to our shouts to “Stop!”—or the shake that removes from under our feet any confidence or pride we carry, and leaves us numb with hardly enough breath to even utter the paralyzing word “EARTHQUAKE!”. And man is helpless in the face of it all! |
