Fear God, and give glory to Him

Loving greetings!

     We’re having a quiet Sunday afternoon here in Monett. Marcus went with 3 other brethren to Branson, several hours away, to preach at a big Christmas parade. So it’ll probably be evening before he gets back.
     This morning Bro. David preached about the Good News. Jesus came to bring deliverance to the captives, sight to the blind… And there in Luke 4, after 3 minutes of preaching the Gospel, people were so filled with rage they wanted to kill Him. People don’t realize that they’re captives to sin. And they don’t want the Lord to free them from sin, and take away their fun times, or their lust and envy and hatred. So even though we are telling others about the Good News, and calling men to repentance, for a lot of them it seems to be bad news, since they don’t want to give up their own way. Recently a man wanted to argue with David as he was reproving sin with his signboard on the street, saying, “Your message doesn’t look like love. The Bible says, ‘For God so loved the world…’” Bro. David responded, “God’s love is not what’s on trial here. It’s yours.” The brethren are going to make a new signboard – “Jesus came to destroy your sinful pleasures.”
     The little boys were all downstairs playing with the farm set happily, but suddenly there was a cry of alarm. “Clayton put his shoe in the potty!” So away I ran to wash and dry my little boy, and now he’s about to go to sleep in my arms, I believe.
     Some highlights for us this month were the visit from my parents 2 weeks ago, and then the visit at La Monte, with Grandpas, Uncle Nevins, and the cousins after Thanksgiving. We also really enjoyed our visit with new friends, David and Tammy, where we stayed overnight.
     From La Monte we went to Versailles, where we visited with a number of old friends, and picked up our old black minivan. Marcus wants to take the engine and transmission out of it, for Bro. Daniel’s minivan in Mexico.
We are planning to leave for Mexico a week from tomorrow, Lord willing. We want to go by Tim and Jenelle’s place on the way south (she's my cousin, and they live in Texas) – are looking forward to that! Then I believe we will stop in Reynosa to visit Bro. Eloy and his mother Guille, maybe stop in Mexico city to visit the brethren there, then on to Tlaxcala for a little while.
     Our plans are to be in Mexico for a short time – two or three months – to finish things up there a bit, so we can return to the States and spend more time with the brethren here. We’re glad to hear that our Mexican brethren are doing well, and carrying on the work of visiting contacts, etc. So we want to be willing to step out for a time, and and to learn with the brethren here at Monett some more.
     God bless you!
                          Love and prayers, Monica

Hi Monica

07:20 PM, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 .. Posted by Marcia Zimmerman

It's been a long time since we've seen or heard from you. Christine told me we could find you here. Thanks for the inspiring writings. It is a breath of fresh air in this dark, cold world. It would be nice to get in touch. Where can we exchange emails?

Hello, Marcia!

11:40 AM, Thursday, December 11, 2008 .. Posted by Monica

Yes, it has been a long time since we've been in contact, hasn't it? We were blessed to hear from Marcus and Ann, how the Lord has been leading your family. Praise Him for His faithfulness!

My e-mail is marcusmonicar@hotmail.com
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

God bless you, sister!

my blog

03:23 PM, Friday, December 12, 2008 .. Posted by Marcia Zimmerman

I signed up as a blogger...if you want to get a peek into our lives between the sparse emails i seem to send, go to www.homechoolblogger.com/lamarmarciaz

God bless your day.