Thanks for The Worldwide News. It is like a monthly family letter, telling me what's going on in my worldwide family.
It's a lifeline for me. I learn, think about, pray for, laugh, cry and rejoice and study--in almost every issue.
Sometimes when I think days and times are important, I put myself mentally on an island paradise--just me and my Bible--alone.
I only have God's word, and as I read it I just believe it because I have proved that God's word is truth, and I live on this island not knowing when the Sabbath or Holy Days are. God is with me, and every day is a wonder time with God.
Jerry Rosfeld
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
I had a lung transplant in June, yet believe it or not, accepting and trusting in Jesus, who is the new covenant, has had a more powerful and profound impact on my life. Rejecting a new lung is one thing, but rejecting my Savior would be unbearable.
At times in the hospital I had trouble focusing on Jesus. Through all the pain, medications, setbacks and several rejections, I prayed to see Jesus. I knew he would never leave me, but he seemed farther away than usual.
Thankfully my wife, Tina, and I were given (by Jesus) eyes to see several years back (dimly, of course). But my mind and body, being tortured by the medications, began to play tricks on me.
One night while sitting up (I couldn't lie down), praying in bed to see Jesus, I did. I looked over at Tina and realized Jesus had been close to me all along. Her selfless serving day and night, totally forgetting her own needs, were the work and love of Jesus himself.
That's what the new covenant is. It's Jesus himself, who lives in us when we say yes to his invitation to come home to his temple, to live in his creation, to abide in us.
Thanks to all those at headquarters for faithfully following Jesus and helping us all to see.
Please thank all those from headquarters who came to Gainesville, Florida, for the conference Dec. 18-20. It was truly another eye-opener, or as Dan Rogers, superintendent of ministers, would say, "another encounter with Christ."
Mitch E. Davey
Keystone Heights, Florida
MT41284@prodigy.net
I really enjoyed Tammy Tkach's article Getting Rid of Old Baggage (January WN).
Her experiences and feelings mirror mine quite a bit. I loved the line at the end: "Our race is best run on light feet."
That encouraged me. We are allowed to be fully unencumbered so as to fully embrace Jesus. And right now, in my life, I desperately need that full embrace from my Savior.
Big Sandy
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