“Therefore I, a prisoner for serving The Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.  Always be humble and gentle.  Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.  Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, building yourselves together with peace.  For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.  There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.”  ~Ephesians 4:1-6.

   When we feel like prisoners because of the ways of the world, and living your lives for God, why not make it worthwhile for The Lord’s call on your life? Now, I imagine that you are saying, well, what do you mean by this? I will tell you what I mean by this in just a few minutes, but first, let me say this: are you honestly living your best life down here on earth? Some may say yes, some may say no, and say may not be so sure about this, but I’m here to tell you that you are most likely not living your best life the way that The Lord wants you too, do we agree on this? I think that we do.

    Look at the ways of this world, and then think about your life and the way that you are living it for a moment, and then think about God and what He wants for your life, are you happy about your life and the way that you are living it right now? If the answer is no, then you need to start making some changes in your life, and if the answer is yes, then good for you, but God will only let you get so far, before He finds you at one of the most lowest points in your life, you’ll be wondering why you are feeling this way; then you’ll realize why, and it will be because you don’t have The Lord in your life anymore and that will be your own fault, and that’s for you and God to deal with, but in the end, God loves you regardless of these things, all that The Lord really wants is for you to come back to Him before it’s too late, so that He can help you make a better world for other people to live in and that really need it, we’ll use the homeless for an example, they have nothing and they need your help and God’s help too, so that he or she can become a better person for others of this world.

We might be the only Jesus that people see in this world.  But anyway, this brings me back to my other point that I was trying to make a few minutes ago: This is where making your life worthwhile plays in: Whatever it is that God is calling you to do, please step out in your faith and do it for The Lord.  When we go out and do things for The Lord, that’s what makes your life worth living, do we agree with this? We are all united with The Lord in one piece; He made us all in the image of Him, He gave each one of us similar gifts to one another, to share with others in communion with Him.  He wants us all to take these things and put them together so that we can help to grow His beautiful and perfect kingdom.

To me living for The Lord is definitely worth my while, as I am still living down here on this earth as a prisoner, because I am working for The Lord.  In all that I do, I do for The Lord, and it’s definitely worth it.  I guess that’s why I’m so good at certain things, because they are all for the glory of The Lord; and He fully deserves all the praise.  It is because of Him, that I am able to do all these things.  And so, Thank You Lord, I love You, In Jesus’ holy and precious name I pray, Amen and Amen!

~With Love and In Christ,

Emily

  “The Joy of The Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10.  I absolutely love this Bible verse, but lately I have not been feeling very joyful and I think that it’s because I just have way too much stress and worry going on in my life as we speak.  I feel like I’m in a huge storm with no ending in sight, I just feel worthless and invaluable, it’s been a huge struggle to deal with by myself.  It’s just getting to be a bit much, and I can’t do it anymore, I need God’s help to fight through this now more than ever.  I’m sure you all can relate to what I’m saying here, right? We each have a time in our life when it all just seems to be too much to handle, and that’s when we have to give it all to God, and let Him take care of that burden and make it lighter so to speak.  Let’s move on from here, while I was reading The Daily Bread devotional earlier this week, God spoke to me through this verse from Luke 6:38, “Give and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your heart and chest.  For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38.

    As soon as I finished reading this verse, I felt relieved, like a big weight has been lifted up off of my shoulders, and I said to myself, “Thank God and Praise The Lord! He hears me and He knows exactly what I’m going through, and He’s going to fix it all in due time!” I look forward to when that will happen soon.  When you give all that you can give, to someone else, that is exactly when God will step in and take care of the rest; it is right then, when He will give back to you tenfold all of what you just lost due to stress, anxiety, and worry.  He is the only one that can give you everything in abundance, are you ready for that? I hope so, because it’s coming to you whether you are ready for it or not.  Amen? Amen!

In addition to what was previously said, God also spoke to me through this verse from Isaiah 43:4: “Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored, and I have always loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life.” Isaiah 43:4.  With this verse He was telling me that I am valued and precious in His sight, you can be too, but before that happens, we need to come to God first, and we need to honor Him and obey Him fully, as soon as we do that, He will honor your obedience to Him.  He is telling us in this verse that He will send the right people to you at the right time, it could be  in the form of the right Christian man or woman who you may want to spend the rest of your life with, or maybe it will be a new job, or some new friends, especially when you are needing these people the most in your life during this time.  He will use these people who He sent to you, to help you  get on the right path to where He wants you to go at the moment, to help expand and grow His Kingdom.  I know that it sounds like a lot of work and it probably will be, but He will help you through it all, and it will all be worth it in the end, all you need to do is to trust Him, and He will take care of the rest.

He never gives any of us more than we can handle, and that’s the truth.  Agreed? I think so! Amen? Yes, Amen and Always Praise The Lord!  Thank you and God Bless!

~With Love and In Christ,

Emily

Then He said to me, “These words are faithful and true,” and The Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servant the things which must shortly take place.  “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” ~Revelation 22: 6-7.

As I was asleep last night, The Lord spoke to me and said those exact words that I just shared with you all above in the book of Revelation.  The time has come for us to reach the lost and bring them to The Lord, before it’s too late for them.  This is seriously the last effort in winning the lost to Christ.  How are we supposed to do that you might ask?  Well, the answer here is to pray about it and ask The Lord to show and tell you what to do regarding these things.  Are you ready?  If not, then you need to get yourself ready for it, before it’s too late.  My advice to you all is this, you need to seek The Lord in all that you do before anything else can happen and take place, you need to pray, read the Bible, and do your daily devotionals everyday or night for it, don’t have time for it? Well, you need to start making time for it, if I can do it, then so can you.  You also need to write, reflect, and fast on it all.  It’s really not easy, but I know that you can do it all.  With God on your side, anything is possible. Trust and obey Him, you can do it, I know that you can.

If I have learned anything from this past year, it is this, be content with what you have, no matter how much or how little you have, and share it with others that may need it more than you.  Where it’s dark, shine your light, where there’s sadness, be an encourager, and share the word of The Lord with others, because they need to hear it.  Otherwise, how will any of us become healed and saved if we don’t  do these things for The Lord?  It isn’t going to happen, unless we go out and do what The Lord is asking us to do.  He will never send you anywhere that you and Him cannot handle, because remember that, where ever you go, The Lord has already been there and He will help you through it all.  Because yes, that’s how powerful and great He is! This year has been a really rough year on all of us, but because we have The Lord with us, He will help us heal and become closer to others because of all that we’ve been through lately.  He puts us through these things because, He wants us to be able to reach out to others the way that He’s reaching out to us and so that we can help them realize that through it all, He’s always been there for us.  All we need to do is ask Him for certain things, and He will make it so.

It may take time, but that’s okay, because all good things happen to those who wait and call on The Lord.  It will be in His perfect timing, not on our time, but His.  I want you all to make this next new year the best year of your life, because it may be your last.  Ever think about it that way?  I didn’t do it until recently, and honestly it does help to put some things in perspective for me, I hope that the same thing will happen to you, because it’s worth it, just trust me on this.  I have been walking with The Lord as a born again Christian for eight years now and it has been some of the rough, but best years of my life.  It sounds crazy I know, but it’s the utmost truth.  He tests us to make sure that we are really ready for that next step in our relationship with Him.  Perhaps, I should also mention that when The Lord tests us, He wants to teach us how to rely on Him more than we do ourselves.  More of Him, less of us.  It helps us to have a much closer, more intimate relationship with Him.  So, if you want this, then say this prayer of Salvation with me, “Lord, I love you and I receive you, please come into my life and into my heart, and change me to be more like You, and less like ourselves.  Please forgive us and deliver us from our sins, we are not perfect, but we know that You are,  and we have come to the end of ourselves, and cannot go on like this any longer, please Lord, come save us all before it’s too late.  We want to come home and be with You, and we do not want to spend the rest of our lives in eternal damnation, Amen and Always Praise The Lord, in Christ, Amen.”  Thank you and God Bless!

~With Love and In Christ,

Emily

“Gracious is The Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.  The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.  Return to your rest, O my soul, for The Lord has dealt bountifully with you.  For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.  I will walk before The Lord in the land of the living.” ~Psalm 116:5-9.

I would just like to start off this blog, by saying this: The Lord has always been gracious toward my family and I, and He is not about to stop either, He is just getting started with us, it is not the end, it is surely just the beginning and I fully believe in The Lord, and that’s the truth! Amen and Praise The Lord!

It is because of my car accident and all that has happened to my family and I in the past two months, that my faith has been made stronger because of these experiences.  Lord, I pray that we are done with all of these bad things forever.  I have been brought so low during this process that I’ve forgotten how to live and to actually just be happy.  But in all honesty, God lifted me up, kept me strong, and encouraged me through this long, drawn out process, so that I was able to be there for my family during this incredibly difficult, hurtful, and challenging time for my family and I as well as for others too.  However, I’m deeply thankful that The Lord has delivered all of us from this horribly ugly and difficult process.

I was almost killed during the car accident that had happened to me about a month ago in April, I truly and humbly thank God every single day that I’m still here after that accident that took place back in April.  He had mercy on me and dealt with me bountifully and gracefully, and He saved me, my soul, and my family from death.  Thank God that I’m alive and my family is too, and that we still have each other.

I honestly didn’t think that I would be able to move on from this situation, and to keep on living because it is at the point now, when I’m afraid to get out of bed in the morning.  These unfortunate and tragic things that have taken place in our lives recently, has truly been scary, nerve-wracking, and hurtful, but it has also been quite the eye-opening experience about God, family, friends, and life in general.  Without any of these people supporting me and being there for me, and praying for my family and I, neither one of us would have been able to get through any of this alone.  So, to all of those supporting me as well as my family and I, we thank you, and we love you all.  Also, keep those prayers coming too.  It is because of all of these prayers that are taking place at this very moment, our blessings will be abundant and forthcoming, and we will graciously welcome these good things, with open hearts, and arms too.

It truly has been such a life-altering experience if I do say so myself.  This story will just have to be another large part of my testimony to God and all of the amazing things that He has done recently, and in the future for both my life and my family’s lives too.  It has been a crazy few months for us, and I just thank God that He has been with us through it all, from the beginning to the end.  Amen, Praise The Lord, and God Bless you all!

~With Love and In Christ,

Emily

P.S. here’s the link to my testimony:

https://letsbefrank.co/2016/12/20/new-beginnings/

So, I’m sitting out on my front porch, enjoying this beautiful weather, and listening to the wind blow, the traffic in the background, and a squirrel running around in my front yard, probably trying to find some food for himself and his family, and I’m also just reflecting on this past week and how stressful it has been, and I’m realizing that God has been with me through it all, and it just amazes me how great He is even though it’s not always been an easy task by any means.  This past July was a good one for me, because I was chosen to be LP (Loss Prevention) hero and I also had a great review and a good raise as well, and it was unexpected and I did not deserve it all, but I’m thankful for it anyway.  None of this was possible for me on my own strength, but because of God, it was all possible and He planned for this to happen ahead of time, and I didn’t even see it coming either, the truth is that the unexpected things are the best things in life.

They are so simple, yet they make a huge impact on your life and then you realized that because of God, you are destined to do some really great things, no matter how big or small these things may always seem.  It could be the tiniest little thing, such as offering someone a ride to work, and it will mean the most to that certain person.

I guess that what I’m trying to say here is to not underestimate the power of the everlasting Lord.  When you’ve done all that you could possibly do, it is right then when The Lord steps in and takes care of the rest.  Don’t fight any of it, just let go and let The Lord take care of the rest.  We walk in favor because The Lord made us that way and He didn’t want to have it any other way.  We are made perfect in The Lord because of what His son, Jesus Christ did for us on that cross for our sins.  If you ask me, we should always be bringing praise and thanksgiving to The Lord, because of how great He truly is! Amen? I say, Amen and Praise The Lord!

~With Love and in Christ,

Emily

“Strength and honor are her clothing; She will rejoice in time to come.” ~Proverbs 31:25

My thoughts and reflections on this Bible passage will be this: Lately, I’ve been thinking about what the true meaning of modesty really was, and so, this is the Bible verse that came to my mind and that’s what stuck out to me the most.  My prayer for the young women in this world will be this; I always pray that these young women will cover themselves and their bodies completely up and to just be modest.  They need to make their bodies a very pure and honorable place for The Lord to reside in them.  Call me old-fashioned, but I like the styles that all the women wore back in the 1950’s.  To me, that was a very conservative, classy, and glamorous look.  I mean, I’m convinced that I was born in the wrong time period, because like I’ve said before, I absolutely love the styles that all of the women wore back in those days.  I wish those looks would come back and actually be in style these days, but sadly that’s not the case.  I see all of these young women walking around in certain “scantily clad” looks and it really bothers me.  I feel like running up to them all, and wanting to teach them how to dress their bodies in a much better way than they were previously dressed.  You don’t have to be showing off all the “goods” to be sexy.  I’m not here to be all judgemental and whatnot because that’s God’s job, not mine; I’m just sharing with you all what’s been bothering me a lot lately.  I’m all for expressing yourself through what you wear, but not in an aggressive way, know what I mean? I’m just as guilty as the next one, because I didn’t always dress the way that I do now.  I used to just put myself out there in a real aggressive way, to seek any attention that I could possibly get, and it did not end well, I can assure you of that at a hundred and ten percent.  Ask anybody that knew me then and even now, they will have no problem telling you exactly like it is.  I’m not innocent here.  I’m not perfect either, I’m far from it, that’s for darn sure.

With Love and In Christ,

  Emily P.

“I was blameless before Him, and I kept myself from guilt.  And The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.” ~2 Samuel 22:24-25.

My thoughts and reflections on this Bible verse will be this: Basically what this Bible passage is trying to tell us is that because The Lord took our punishment for our sins upon Himself, we are blameless before Him, so we should not feel guilty for what we’ve done in our past, because He loves us and we are forgiven by Him on a daily basis.  He just puts us through these struggles to teach us a lesson and hopefully learn from it all, so that we will not do that again ever for the rest of our lives.  He wants us to know that according to our righteousness before Him, He will reward us, we just need to prove it to Him first, and then we will show Him our changed lives by acting according to His will and not our own selfish wills and desires.  It is what God wants, and not what we want.

You see? All of our struggles are only temporary and not permanent, even though it seems like it is the most of the time.  If God is making you wait for something, no worries, you are in good company.  As soon as the storm passes, that is when God’s light will shine the brightest and it is right then, that He will reward you for all of the struggles that He has put you through.  Throughout these trials, God also wants you to grow closer to Him, so that you are able to have a much better relationship with Him than you currently used to have.  Do not fear to let God take over your life because trust me, you are in good hands and after you’ve done that, it will turn out to be one of the best decisions that you could have ever made in your entire life.  Amen.

~With Love and In Christ,

Emily P.

         “The Lord repay your work and a full reward be given you by The Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” ~Ruth 2:7 (NKJV).

            This Bible Passage is  basically teaching me that after we have suffered a long while,  He will be The One to repay each of our works in Heaven at  the end of each of our lives; whether we decide to follow Him or not.  He will be The One that will have a final say on Judgement day, whenever that may be.  Just be prepared and ready for whatever it is that He needs you to do with no questions asked; just go out and do it and do not worry about what other people will think of you for doing the works of The Lord, at this point, the only opinion that will actually matter here is The Lord’s.

           You see, you have already been chosen before you even knew it.  Before we were born, God already knew us and had a mind-boggling plan for us and he has blessed us with a great choice should we decide to accept this journey or not; whether He thinks that we are ready for this or not, you just gotta  go out there and do it and we need to remember that we are doing these special things for God and only God and nobody else.  Don’t say, “Lord, I can’t do this, why me?” The correct response here will be this: “Okay, God, I trust You and I’ll go do this.  Thank You, Lord, I love You, Amen.”

          Do you want a good example of this? Okay here goes: This past Christmas was the absolute worst Christmas of my life because customers and certain people got angry at me for just doing my honest job.  I had a customer throw things at me and she swore at me right in front of the manager and an additional co-worker, a Sales Associate like me.  Mind you, she had a newborn baby on her arm that day, so yeah, “Awesome Parenting” right there.  I had another customer yell at me because I told her that all Christmas trees are excluded in all coupons.  she made a big, dramatic scene that wasn’t even necessary in the first place.  Can you imagine how rotten these certain people can be?

          This past Christmas in retail was so bad that it made me want to quit both of my retail jobs once and for all, to never return there again.  On those particular days, I didn’t even want to get out of bed and go into work.  I’m normally a very patient, kind, and understanding person when it comes to things like this, but this year, not so much.  (2015).  Anyway, that’s enough ranting for now, let’s move on here shall we?

           God was The One who I could turn to fully to help me through each of these difficult moments in my life and He is also The One who could resolve these issues that I was currently having.  During these crappy times in retail, I was reminded and humbled by God that all of that unnecessary drama throughout the entire Christmas season was only temporary and He will not let that happen to me again next year.  During these challenging times, I just wanted to cry and run away, but instead of running away like I could have easily done; I was praying to The Lord and asking Him to help me through all of these trials and tribulations, and you know what? He fulfilled each and every one of those requests that I made known to God because those were the deepest and darkest desires of my heart.  I’m actually praying that by next Christmas, I will be at a better job and will no longer be working in retail.  After the year of 2015, I have learned that I no longer wish or desire to be in retail anymore.

      I’d like to be a Receptionist or working with art and photography in the very near future.  I truly believe that The Lord wants me to use both my art and photography skills and gifts for His good and to go out and change a few people’s lives with these amazing talents that He has blessed me with.  I have faith that He is preparing me for something more meaningful and much bigger than just being a Cashier in both an arts and crafts store, also in a fashionable, but budget friendly clothing superstore,  So that He can use me to win the lost to the Christ, The Holy and Chosen One.  Do I think that I’m ready for that next step? Heck no! But if God thinks that I’m ready for it, I will go and He will help me through it all like He’s already done for me before; The Lord wants me to have no fear because where I’m going next, He has already been there a thousand times before and He will take my hand and lead me through it all until He calls me home to go and be with Him.

       I want to conclude this entry by saying this: I truly believe that the year of 2016, will be a year full of jubilee and several different, but beautiful celebrations of and for The Lord Jesus Christ.  The Lord’s favor is upon us, so do not be afraid and rejoice because that is what The Lord wants for us.  The year of 2016 will be The Lord’s chosen year for us as Christians because He wants to pour out all of His great blessings and anointing upon us.  Are we ready? Probably not, but with God’s divine help, we will be.  Amen?!?! God Bless!

~With Love and In Christ,

Emily P.

“And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our Salvation is nearer than when we first believed.  The night is far spent, the day is at hand.  Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.  Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.  But put on The Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.”  ~Romans 14:11-14 (NKJV).

I think that what this passage is trying to tell us is the fact that it is, “high time to awake out of sleep”; because now is the time to repent and come back to The Lord Christ for our Salvation is at hand.  We need to stop all of our old ways and rededicate ourselves and our lives back to Him before anything else gets much worse than it already is.  He wants to change the way that things already are for the good and not for the bad; especially since it’s a brand new year so ultimately it’s the perfect time to make all things new.  It’s a blank slate and it’s up to us to start writing a new book with many new chapters taking place in our lives at this very moment for The Lord and not for our own selfish desires.  This sounds pretty harsh, but it’s honestly not.  Yes, the truth does hurt, but it will also set you free.

God wants us to stop living the lies of our dark past and come back into His delightful light.  Who knows, we could be the light in someone else’s darkness.  We are here to help and to encourage others out of their unfortunate circumstances and situations.  God wants those who are down on their luck to know that their lives don’t have to be like this anymore and that their precious lives matter to someone like you to Him.  The Lord doesn’t care how bad our past was or still is.  He loves each of you so much and He doesn’t want to see you hurting any longer; He wants all of this pain and hurt to disappear as soon as possible; He needs you to know that life is way too short to be living this way day in and day out.  You need to be happy and to do more of what you love on a daily basis.  He loves to see all of His children happy, even me.  It is not always easy, but it is so worth it; you just need to be brave and to take that first step of faith and He will take care of the rest.

God gave you some amazing gifts and talents and why do you think that is? It is because The Lord wants you to use your gifts and talents that He has blessed you with to help Him with the furthering of His Kingdom! That’s pretty profound, don’t you think? I sure think so.  The whole point of this God thing is to give back to The Lord what He first gave you before you were even born.  He’s no fool, He knows exactly what He’s doing and why He’s doing it before you do.  It may not make sense to you at the moment, but I can guarantee you this: If you keep fasting and praying about these things, He will reveal to you what these certain gifts and talents mean.  As soon as you understand these things, that will be when He will tell you specifically how to use them and what to do with them to help Him to continue to grow and expand His glorious Kingdom.  Don’t ask questions, just be willing to go and do them.  I promise that whatever it is that He needs you to do for Him, it will be great and so worth it in the end.  If it is truly God’s will, then you’ll be awesome at it.  Let me leave you with this; please don’t give up and keep on going no matter what.  We need to pray through it and He will already be right there next to you holding your hand, and guiding you through it all.  Amen? God Bless!

~With Love and in Christ,

Emily

“When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him and He saw that the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him and suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” ~Matthew 3:16-17.

This Bible Passage has an amazing message in it, and I am here to share with you all what The Lord has been saying to me through this Matthew 3:16-17 Bible Passage.  This Word came upon me during our church service last week.  It was during our announcements toward the end of the church service.  Anyway, it was announced to us last week that our church will be having six if not seven baptisms this coming Sunday on July 5th.  I’ve been thinking about that and being all fired up about it this entire week! I can’t wait, I’m so happy about this because this is a huge leap of faith and in the right direction for our growing church.  When a person becomes baptized, that means that they are rededicating themselves to The Lord and to our church.  It also means that these people are getting rid of their old ways and are inviting in their new ways.

This is going to be awesome for me to see and to be a witness of because I was in the exact same boat as these people currently are about five years ago today.  That was when I decided to change my life for the better and to die to all of my old ways and fully give my new self to The Lord.  It was one of the best feelings that I could have ever had in my entire life.  I was cleansed from the inside out on that great day and it is all because of The Lord and what He’s done in my life so far on this very day! This was the first time in a long time that I was finally at peace and in full agreement with The Lord.  I look forward to the plans that He has for my life in the near future.  I do not know what they are yet, but The Lord does and I have a feeling that I’m going in the right direction as to what The Lord has planned for me.  It’s going to be astonishing and super exciting.  My life with The Lord is never dull because He always has an intriguing adventure planned out on a daily basis!

Especially since He knows that I’m in retail.  To those who used to work and still are in retail, you all know exactly what I’m talking about here.  Correct? I’m sure that all who are reading this blog at the moment are curious as to where all of this excitement will be taking place next week?  Well, lucky for you, I’ll be sharing this information with you on this particular blog: We are going to have our usual worship and whatnot at the church and then directly after church we’ll be going to the YMCA in Reading, MA.  That is where all of these baptisms will be taking place.  Here’s the address of the Church: It is called, Christ the King Church 4 Railroad, Avenue, Suite 309 Wakefield,Massachusetts 01880.  The Church service starts at 10:30 am sharp and please do not be late! This is quite the important day in history for Christ the King Church.  The music is amazing and really hits home for specific people, so please come and enjoy the service and just listen to some soothing and comforting music.

Should you decide to come on Sunday, I promise to you all that it will instantly be worth it.  But on a side note, I’m also stepping out in faith and starting a Young Women’s Group, so please come and join us, we’d absolutely love to have you.  All are welcome and just remember that none of us are out of God’s reach.  We all have a past, but it’s okay, you are loved and have been forgiven by a loving and gracious God.  Thank you all and God Bless! I will talk to you soon and I hope to see you in church on Sunday.

In Christ, Emily