Repeat After Me...

Read this aloud or PURPOSEFULLY in your head ...

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus !!!

It is that simple to wash peace over you ... No matter the emotion or the circumstance there is just something about crying out the name JESUS ... I think of all my sweet brothers and sisters across the ocean, who probably don't have a bible, a copy of RADICAL / CRAZY LOVE, and may not even know a pastor, but somewhere deep in them they know the NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES and they call upon it ... We only need to have faith in the power of JESUS ...

I can vividly remember times when I have called out the name JESUS .... early on in my marriage when we were babies trying to find our way as a couple, when angel's moved a car so that Jeremiah's life was spared, when I was fatigued from Elijah's breathing issues, sitting in my car weeping to get to my Emily in China, changing jobs, Maggie's hurt heart, mind, and body, when we had no insurance, late in the night w/ screams of terror from my angel, in the darkness needing Joseph/ Daisy home, and so much more .... JUST SAYING HIS NAME WASHED ME WITH THE PEACE I SO DESPERATELY NEEDED ... It was as if I could catch my breath and was no longer hostage by my body ...

I want to start my day by just saying "JESUS" and knowing that for the entire day I have a focus on HIM ... It is so easy for me to get up and get GOING !!! Get 4 kids dressed for school, feed 6, start laundry, clean dishes, pick up the gazillion things around my house that are out of place, answer emails for me, 147, and Amazima and then run errands or have meetings or go BACK TO THE DOCTOR w/ one of my angels, head to carpool, dinner and then repeat ... AND WHERE DID I STOP TO INVITE JESUS TO COME ALONG ... I know I talk to HIM all day (cause I am talker), but I need sometime in the word and to be still ... I need to cry out JESUS and I need to teach my children to do the same ...


About the Author
Gwen Oatsvall is a wife to one good looking, godly man and the proud mom of 6 beautiful children. They have a crazy, chaotic life that is all their own ...She has an amazing Savior that has allowed her to glimpse a small bit of His heart by opening her eyes to the orphans of the world . She is c0-founder of 147 Million Orphans. To learn more about adoption and the worldwide orphan crisis visit the 147 Million Orphans Website.

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