Let us be more diligent...

I feel like by now I have gotten to know my readers pretty well. I would say the majority of you own a Bible, or two or ten. In fact, I would imagine the idea of not having a Bible is hard to conceive. I mean they are in most every hotel, every bookstore, every church, and most of our bookcases. A few years ago I published a picture of some of the Bibles that reside in my home, this picture doesn't even represent all of them, at last count we had at least 30 Bibles! And in the past year both my husband and I have purchased at least 3 or 4 more. Amazing isn't it!

This past weekend our church had a mission's conference. One of our speakers was a young woman getting ready to out with Wycliffe Bible Translators. She presented some facts that blew my mind. There are around 7000 different languages spoken in the world today. Of those 7000, there are approximately 2000 languages that have no scripture at all...not even one verse. Imagine, all those people who have never heard the amazing truth contained in the Bible.

This list represents all the languages that do not have the Bible. Went the whole length of our church.

This is why we need to be diligent. We need to pray. We need to first of all ask God to send more workers to translate the Bible for these people; perhaps God will reveal to you that you are called to go! Perhaps God isn't calling you to go, but instead to give of your resources to help those that are called to go, if so then give! We need to pray that God's word will get into the hands of all people, all nations and all languages. If not us...then who???

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

Revelation 7:9

5 Minute Friday...Whole

Today is 5 minute Friday. Five minutes to write whatever comes to mind...no editing...one topic. Be sure and go to The Gypsy Mama to check out other blogs and their view on the topic for today.






Today's topic...Whole.


The whole world.

That is who needs to hear about Jesus. That is what God is waiting for. We are to "Go into all the world" to tell the whole world about Jesus.

 Not all of us are called to go to a foreign country, but we are all called to share the Gospel. We can send missionaries, and support them with our money and our prayers.

...and with your blood you purchased men for God
   from every tribe and language and people and nation.

Rev. 5:9

There are still people in the world who have not heard the name of Jesus. We can not just sit back and do nothing. We need to be people of action, we need to help make sure the whole world hears. There are broken people all over the world and we need to help make sure the whole world has a chance for Jesus to make them whole again!

This map shows the area of the world called the 10/40 window. A region where 97% of the unreached people live.

Beautiful feet...

My daughters love to take pictures of their feet, anytime they borrow my camera I am sure that there will be at least one picture taken of their feet. I have feet pictures of them in rain boots, flip flops, converse, no shoes, on the grass, in the water and in foreign lands. I have come to love these pictures because my daughters have beautiful feet! They have taken God's word to Panama, Peru, India, Mexico, camp and where ever they go.

 

Isaiah 52:7

  How beautiful on the mountains
   are the feet of those who bring good news,
who proclaim peace,
   who bring good tidings,
   who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
   “Your God reigns!”

How about you? Are you using your feet to spread God's news??