Dear Doves
   I have been reading the letters at this site for about 5 years and have been blessed greatly.  It is comforting to know others have a passion for the return of our Lord and it
has resonated in me for over 41 years.  I was saved in a little Baptist church when I was 16 at a revival meeting.  The Lord told me way back then that I would be alive when He returned.  So all these years I have been waiting, watching and studying Bible prophecy.  We have seen the dates come and go but still we watch and anticipate His arrival.  I thought I would share what the Lord just recently told me in hopes that it would encourage others.
 
  Rosh Hashanna is a high rapture watch day and I was looking forward to it especially this year.  There are still members of my family and friends that need to be saved so I have
to guard against fear and trust the Lord He hears our prayers and loves our loved ones even more than us.  The Friday of Sept 14 I was out riding my horse on the hilltops of the Palouse in Washington state. I had been praying and then my mind drifted into my upcoming horse clinic and I was just thinking about horse stuff.  Out of the blue I get this song in my head.  I am not musical whatsoever so when this happened I stopped and listened intently as I knew this was the Lord.  I have not heard this song for years and I just got one verse with the music and that was it.  I knew it was a rapture song so I hurried home and googled it.  The song is “I Wish We Had All Been Ready”  by Larry Norman and released in 1969.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBFtWWeOQog  There is no way I would have come up with that on my own.  Haven’t heard it for years and years!  So to say the least I was excited and fearful at the same time. Our adopted son does not know the Lord yet. (He is a 16yr old and just came to live with us 1 1/2 years ago.  His Dad was tragically killed in a snowmobile accident and the Lord has been doing much healing in his life) My neighbor is dying and she is still lost.
 
   So another Rosh Hashanna has come and gone and the Lord has given me this song so what does it mean?  I went to church on Sunday and our pastor gave an amazing sermon about not sitting on our ask and witnessing. http://www.colfaxassembly.com/message_calendar.html It was exactly what I needed.  He said when “We don’t ask the question we are saying no for that person”.  I have given that a lot of thought.  He said just ask the person what do they think about Jesus.  How hard is that.  So the Lord is giving us more time to do the good works we were meant to do.  I have found in my own life I have to be careful that I don’t loose my todays worrying about tomorrow.  To be thankful and appreciate this life I have each and every day.  The Lord gave me this verse which I will close with:   I Corinthians 16:13-14” Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.  Let all that you do be done in love.”
The time is short!!!!!!
 
Thank you John Tng and Doves
Blessings
Shannon