WHERE WE FOCUS OUR GAZE

It's all about where we choose to focus our gaze...

If our eyes are fixed on JESUS and His GREATNESS, then everything else, disappointment, sorrow, pain, even a pandemic, fades away in the light of ALL HE IS!!!

JESUS says that before He comes back to take us to our forever home - there will be widespread deception, famines, wars, economic instability, massive earthquakes, hurricanes, warring political systems, ethnic conflicts, pestilence and chaos, and that when we see these things, to LOOK UP for our REDEMPTION is at the door!!!

Those words LOOK UP in the Greek text literally mean -

BEND YOU NECK UPWARDS AS FAR AS IT CAN GO, AND WITH EXCITEMENT AND JOY START WATCHING FOR MY RETURN!!!!!!!

REDEMPTION in the Greek text is translated, DELIVERANCE FROM THE CONSTANT AND BITTER HOSTILITY FROM THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS - AND FROM THE PERSECUTION FROM THOSE WHO SERVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't quiver in fear at all that is starting to unfold, don't hang your head in despair and worry, don't wring your hands wondering what ON EARTH you are going to do - LOOK AT THE SKY - because it won't be long until our JESUS comes and takes us home!!!!!

AND AS FOR THESE TWO SPARROWS - WE CAN'T WAIT!!!

Maurice's surgery, like thousands of other surgeries, has been postponed, but GOD IS SOVEREIGN - so we trust Him and LOOK UP, not only for His return, but for a miracle, and not just for a new hip, but for the nation of HAITI...

COVID 19 has invaded that already desperate country and as you can well imagine if it spreads, it could wipe Haiti off the map.  Most of Haiti does not have access to clean water - they wash in the same place as the pigs - and social distancing is impossible as many families sleep on the ground shoulder to shoulder in their shacks - and even at the best of times, food is scarce - so we LOOK UP and cry out, "JESUS! HAVE MERCY!"

"Dream Big With Us" is making sure that all our Nan Rasin families are fed and have whatever else they need - and that's possible because of YOUR HUGE HEARTS, so thank you to those that have followed the nudge of The Holy Spirit and sent money just because He told you to!!!!!  

NOE, an awesome lover and follower of Jesus who was born and raised in Haiti, and the one who also is receiving each month a portion of the proceeds of the pie sale to feed the prisoners - ALSO does his very best, to feed throngs of street kids, as often as he's able. 

Yesterday,126 of these kids landed at his door, and thanks to the swiftness of Western Union,  we were able to send Noe some money to purchase rice and beans - and AGAIN - a big "THANKS" to those who have obeyed the Holy Spirit's nudge - ESPECIALLY to the couple who e-transferred $1000 to us yesterday morning - seriously, GOD'S timing is SO perfect, it's ridiculously crazy awesome!!!!!  

On the average Noe is able to fill these hungry bellies TWICE a week - which is wonderful, BUT if you'd like to enable him to feed these precious hearts ON THE REMAINING FIVE days of the week, we will, WITH JOY, put that provision into his hands!!! 

Now that we are our own charity (YAHOOZIE JESUS!!) cheques can be made out to DREAM BIG WITH US - or you can e-transfer your gift to info@dreambigwithus.org and you will receive a tax receipt!!  (WOW, feels good to be able to write that!!!)

SADIE was in her seventies when I first met her and was bent right over due to severe arthritis in her spine. Yet, when Sadie walked around, she NEVER looked down, but always up, and to do that, she had to stretch out her neck as far as it would go.

It wasn’t easy for Sadie to look up.

She had to use every muscle to force her head in an upward position, but she did it, all the time, and that’s what Jesus is asking us to do.

Even when it’s easier to look down, LOOK UP!!!!
Even when it takes all your will power and stubborn determination, LOOK UP!!!!!

Stretch your neck as far as you can and FIX your eyes on what is coming, not what is, because when you do, everything else that is tugging at you to look down, will disappear!!!

LOOK UP!!!

It’s almost time to go home….

Yes and AMEN!!!!!!!!

Looking at the sky,

Sue & Maurice