“Ye Shall Henceforth Return No More That Way.” Deuteronomy 17:16

Are you looking for a “Word from the Lord,” today? Perhaps you are wondering “which way to go?” Maybe it is something you have been thinking about…

This is a very unusual scripture and it is dealing with the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt… for 400 years they had been slaves. We can only imagine their treatment and persecution. God had spoken to Abram (Abraham), in Genesis 15:13 saying that “his seed would be in bondage to Egypt for 400 years and that the Egyptians would afflict them.”

Now, they left Egypt and are reaching the “promised land!” Moses is warning the people before he gets ready to die. He is telling them how to keep God’s law, to obey His Word, etc. Then he says, “Ye shall henceforth return no more that way” (Egypt). It is amazing to see that once God brought His people “out of Egypt,” how many times they murmured and complained and “wanted to return to Egyptian bondage!”

It is the same way today… Someone prays for God to deliver them from their job, from an abusive marriage, from a situation, from a place that they have lived, etc. Then, like “Lot’s wife,” when things don’t go “exactly as planned,” they want to turn around and get one more last “look.” They are saying, “I want to return to Egypt.” But God is saying, “Ye Shall Henceforth Return No More That Way!”

God doesn’t want you to “look back,” or “think back,” or “go back!” Apostle Paul said, “Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13

Bobby always says, “Stop looking back in your rearview mirror. Keep your eyes on the road ahead!” Today, this scripture is for “you!” Sherry

Bianca is one of the sweetest young girls we have! She is quiet, intelligent, and “always studying!” She is in High School and preparing to graduate and go on to College. She loves to do research on difficult things… alone. She will spend all day in her room, reading, and be content with that. She speaks French fluently, Creole of course, and also Spanish. (French is required in colleges in Haiti.) When Bianca is bored, she finds work ironing, cooking, or cleaning. She loves to dance, but her voice is her talent. We have only heard her sing a solo “one time,” and everyone stood on their feet… but she is shy and that is why she doesn’t sing specials in Church.

Her aunt brought her and her siblings to us a long time ago… she said their parents tried to escape to the States on a boat and drowned. So, we have no way of knowing if this is true or not. Bianca loves the Lord and wants to be a doctor, but really a surgeon! Bianca has the biggest eyes I have ever seen… in fact sometimes the kids call her “krapo,” or frog! We love our little “frog!”

Sherry

“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Galatians 5:14

Just think, all the law is fulfilled in this…“love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.” Wow! That’s a lot of love. Try it today! Do something kind for someone you don’t even know and see how blessed you are.

Sherry

When I first saw this poor father from the mountains coming to our Mobile Clinic, he had a baby in his arms. This child had malnutrition so badly, that his arms and legs were swollen so badly that the skin was ripping open. The child looked like he was about a year and a half or two, but I was shocked when the father said he was “seven!” It couldn’t be! But, that was what I was told and indeed, this little boy had suffered many years of severe malnutrition, and his Birth Certificate said that he was seven!

We took him and brought him from far in the mountains to our Children’s Home. Mackenson was so bad off that he was in the hospital for a long time. After a while, he was much better, and we sent him to school. When he was in about the fourth grade, he had a stroke and was thrown on the floor.

Since that day, he has been crippled in his hand and arm and he walks with a limp. He is quite intelligent, though. He is now in Junior High and making good grades. His love is the Bible and he wants to be a teacher, and he especially likes geography! He will go far in his life!

Sherry

Love, is Something You Do…

“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?” James 2:16

We have been living and working in Haiti for over thirty years. I am sure that there are times we missed God in some small act of kindness we could have done. All of us have at one time or another closed our eyes, or our ears, to a real need. Our prayer every day, is that the Lord will open our hearts to always be sensitive to those around us, whether in Haiti, the U. S., or anywhere, and that never again will we overlook a real need no matter how big or small it may be… because “Love, is Something You Do,” as Bobby has always said. Have a blessed day and keep your heart open, Sherry