Mandy's Comments

Hi, Mandy, thanks so much for your message. Its wonderful to have friends like you. How is everything going? Are you and your family okay? Are you staying encouraged? Let me know how I can pray, okay? Thanks for dropping me a comment. You take care and have a wonderful day resting in God's love for you!

Hi mandy I thought maybe you might like this video to show your kids. Blessings
Bob

Mandy, it is so awesome the grace of God in our lives when we face hard ship. I have pretty much have shut myself in with God for the last week and have been allowing him to renew me. I am so glad to know the Lord and the more I draw closer to him, the more he draws closer to me. I feel such joy even in sorrow if that makes much sence. God bless you and your family. Bob

Hi Mandy,

I am so thankful that the Lord does not want our fancy words, He doesn't even want us to be right all the time. He simply wants us to trust Him, Love Him and always go to Him first. All this means, is to simply walk in Faith. God Bless you for doing just that! Your sister in Christ~Carla

Happy Mother's Day to you too Mandy...........God Bless!!
Rori

Thank you for your note.

I wish you a wonderful day tomorrow with your family. Happy Mothers Day dear sister..~In Him, carla

Hello my dearest friend and sis!!
I love you!! I love you!! I love you!!!!
I hope you are doing alittle better. I am sure that it all concerns you, but I do believe that the Lord knows and knows Sarahs heart too, and He will reconcile you both. Im sure that all will be ok. I havent read what you wrote yet, but IM sure its ok sister.
I will read it when I have a minute. Im sure it was very informative and you meant well. I get kind of insecure when I give advice, because I want to help not harm. i dont know much, but I do knoe that I have a great love for alot of people and I want to be a source of light not darkness. So I just be the best I can.
So, how is work? Is the other employess kinda giving you a hard time still? Hey, they probably are jealous because you are soo good in what you do. When I was in the coorperate world in a BIG advertising company, my fellow employees were always in some sort of power play of some sort, or they were jealous of one another and tried to get them introuble. I miss the money of the secular world, but I dont miss the drama. I would go back to work if I had to, no doubt, but I would be very choosy where Id go.
I hope everything is ok for you. I appreciate your great friendship and please forgive me for not responding back in a timely manner lately. I have been undergoing another depression attack and Im hanging on the God with all my might. Its been soo hard lately. Everyone is sick around here so no one is too happy with one another. I have missed out on soo much this week because of it and feel spiritually empty. I cant wait till Sunday so I can get filled with the word again. I htought of being i Childrens ministry but, I should take a break and get filled with the word and get prayer. I love you and cant wait to hear from you again. Im going to have to get your phone number again and address. I love you, and I will pray for you
Paige

Dear Mandy,

Thank you for your beautiful words dear sister.
You must know we all struggle. God is working on me also. I live at His feet because the Love that I feel when I am there is too great to move away from. I have recently come across a verse in the past week which has caused me to stop and simply ask God what He has planned for me.

Jeremiah 33:3
"Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come."

Imagine...He simply wants us to ask Him, and He'll tell us. We must remember all things will happen in God's timing, not our own.

I know He is preparing each of us for His perfect Will to be fulfilled.

I understand completely that He doesn't need us to be a part of His plan.

BUT HE WANTS US TO BE A PART OF HIS PLAN.

I am nothing without Him. I have handed my life and my children over to Him, I know that I must live in complete submission to Him and His will.

God Bless you sister. Please do not stop asking your questions. But also remember, there are also things that we don't have answers for. God will let us know those things in His Perfect timing. Until then, He causes us to grow..down in the valley, through our trials.

In His Perfect Love~carla

Hi Mandy,
Anger is one of the sins that our Lord has delivered me from. The thing that finally made the difference for me was a point in scripture Colossians 3. Living the new Christian Life. What Christians should do.

Verse 8 says "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.

We must remember that one day will come when we must each stand before God. Sin separates us from God. When I had the tremendous revelation of that, I prayed for God's help to get rid of my anger. I repented of it and asked for forgiveness. I had to do that a few times---quite a few actually! But now I feel that God has recreated me in that area. I had to hand my anger over to Him, and then trust that He would take it...and of coarse He did.
One more thing I just want to say about anger, the base of it is Fear. All sin is rooted in Fear. God's Perfect Love casts out all Fear! SO we must simply stay in His perfect Love. Read Colossians 3--it is a great study. We must strive to put heaven's priorities into daily practise. That can only be done with JEsus..certainly not on our own--or in our own strength.

Now regarding the 'free will' post, I think you should probably leave it as is for now. Sometimes conversations are difficult, but God uses each circumstance to grow each of us up. Sister, you simply asked a question because you needed an answer...there is nothing wrong with that. Other people may also be seeking the same answer. It is a great question.

Hi Mandy, I am back home now and have been resting and getting back on trek after a hectic couple of weeks. I am so grateful to the Lord for his grace and help through our tough times. I pray for you that today God will minister to you in a special way, that He will renew your strength. You have such a difficult job, but thank God you are their. You are God's instrument in a place where only someone likes yourself as a nurse can touch others with the grace of God. It is the way god touches the world. I have a friend who is a minister disguised as a mail man, I was a truck driver, I know people who God has placed in many different jobs to be salt and light. I want to encourage you in your ministry as a nurse, as a wife and a mother. It is all for His glory and honor.
Your friend Bob

Hi Mandy!!
You are soo awesome for leaving me such a long and helpful message. I dont know how you have the time to write all those long and fantastic messages, but Im not complaining either.
I am feeling really down now and I dont know much to say. Lack of sleep,sickness,stress,strain,and discouragement, alomg with guilt for missing alot of things I had planned ,really have taken a toll on me. I just dont know what to say. "This too shall pass":, This too shall pass", "This too shall pass", is all I hear in my head. I guess God is always right.
I love you!!
Paige

Hi Mandy,
Thanks for checking in. God Bless you tonight and always.
~In Christ, carla

Hello sweetie!!!
I love you and I consider you one of my bestest friends here. I hardly ever get in touch with you that quickly, but when we do, I am soo blessed by your words and encouragement. You mean the world to me Mandy. I got all your messages, and I am soo blessed. I have been having a bad day today, so when I got them all I cried. I am crying now. I just have had a bad day. I hate these days. Im sick, my son and my daughter is sick and teething, nd my husband is frustrated and angry because he has had to take care of us all, I feel bad, but there is alot of tension around here. I cant work, I cant eat, I can hardly move and i have no energ. I need all my energy! I have all this work to do, and I cant. My daughter is in soo much pain. How do I get her out of it? Help!!!
Call me anytime. I lost your #.
Paige

Hello Mandy!!
How are you doing today?
Im missing you. I thought about you all day yesterday and today. I wanted to respond to you, but I wasnt sure what to say. I was at a loss for words yesterday I guess in knowing what to say to you. I cant believe I could mean that much to you. Its hard to think I mean that much to anyone. I guess that is more insecurity that I have to work through and keep giving it up to Jesus all the time. I wish the worry,anxiety,and comparisons would just miraculously go away, but I have to understand that maybe God wants me to count on Him to heal and develop patience,pereseverance and strength.
Here are some scriptures I found about relationships and friendships I thought Id share~"Let each of you look out only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others."~~Phillipeans2:4~
"Beloved,let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.~ 1 John 4:7~
"Therefore putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor,"for we are members of one another. ~Ephesians 4:25~
Anyway, I hope the situation with your your boss and coworkers gets better. I know how it is to work around uncomfortable situations or people who you know are just trying to make things miserable for you. Its unfortunate that it has to be like that. Its all about teamwork there and just one person can blow the whole teamwork theory out of the water.! Anyway, Ill be praying for you and I will talk to you later. Your thoughts and word mean alot to me. Thank you!!
Paige

Dear beloved friends in Christ,

Greetings in the faithful name of our Lord Saviour, Jesus Christ. We hope this letter finds you all in great health and enjoying life as you should be.

Seenetha ( My Wife) and myself and just amazed at Gods provision this year and just how many blessings he has gifted us with. But as most of you know we presently have 36 children in the orphanage who are all doing incredibly well but we now have a waiting list for almost 20 children who are desperately seeking to join at our orphanage.
It is with a great burden that I ask if you are able to financially support one of these children with basic needs such as shelter, food, school fees and health care so that we are to give them a better childhood.

We truly hope that you are able to help with our mission here at the Good Samaritans Orphanage but we understand that giving comes from the overflow of Gods goodness and provisions in our lives so please don’t feel compelled if you are not in the position to do this. It is more important that you continue to pray for us and know that we are well protected within the palm of Gods hand.

If you would like to sponsor a child please do let me know and I will contact you directly.

Yours Sincerely
Pastor Ratnam
Email:- goodsamaritankorphankids@gmail.com

Hi Mandy I am still in Maine until Sunday so if you don't here from me much is because I am using my brother-in-laws computer and don't want to tie it up much. People around town up here are talking about Nancy's memorial service. She would have love to know that her life even in her death was ministering to others. God is helping us all find ourselves through the grief over her loss. I am so selfish and will miss her because of all the help and support she gave me. She is responcible in a lot of ways for me becoming the Christian I am. Her testimony will not be forgotton and I know God is using all of this to reach unsaved reletives that she prayed for to be savedand my Children and also my wife who have not been walking with the Lord. I know in Gods word it says that God's word does not return to him void, but will do a work. Have a good weekend and God bless. Bob