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Thehourappearstobe drawing very close for the return of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! I be- lieve many born-again Christians are looking for His ap- pearance at any time. 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 explains Our Final Victory, a familiar part of Scripture for our continued encouragement. "Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed — in a mo- ment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed" (verses 51-52). Our encouragement can compel us, through the love of God, to share the gospel with our world. 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 says, "Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Je- sus Christ, and has given us the ministry of recon- ciliation; that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has commit- ted to us the word of recon- ciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be recon- ciled to God." An Analogy: While tak- ing an early leisurely walk down the street where I live, I suddenly saw that seven of the houses on my street were on fire. Three of the homes were untouched by the flames. My immedi- ate response was to knock loudly on each door, sound- ing the warning to "get out, home on fire." Much to my alarm no one exited. They were apparently all sleep- ing in on a lovely Saturday morning. As mentioned, three of the houses on my cul-de- sac were not on fire. Then, I heard one of my neigh- bors, whose home was safe from the flames say, "Come on in and sit awhile to visit, and have a cup of coffee." I thought, "Why not have some good fellowship with my Christian neighbor?" I went inside to visit. After- all, I mused, "I did try to save my neighbors. I didn't want to offend them by pounding on their door too many times, so I'll just let them sleep." End of that story! They all died and burned up in the flames, because I didn't want to upset anyone by waking them up while they were all snuggled so com- fortably in their beds. Where is the empha- sis in each of our lives placed regarding our posi- tion as Christ's ambassa- dors? We can ask ourselves how seriously we con- sider the salvation of fam- ily, friends, coworkers, and even strangers that we have opportunity to interact with. Have we left Matthew 28:19-20, known as the Great Commission, to be obeyed only by preachers, missionaries, and special ministries? Shamefully so, and in many instances this is the case. Why? Because often we are not heavenly minded, and more earth- bound than heaven bound. "Ouch" some will say. I've heard many Chris- tians say, "They are so heavenly minded, that they are of no earthly good." It seems to be a cliché fre- quently stated in our Chris- tian culture; yet God's word clearly refutes this idea. "If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. Set you mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Colos- sians 3:1-3). Wouldn't you agree that we need to be heavenly minded because this is not our final home? 1 Peter 2:11 states, "Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul." When our minds are "set on things above, not on things on the earth" we be- come enthralled with the idea of becoming active ambassadors for Christ, just as God has requested. When we set our minds on things above we can effec- tively prioritize our daily lives. I've rarely met any Christians who were "too heavenly minded." Our bat- tle with the fleshly nature that we were born with of- ten keeps us from focusing upon God's directives for our lives. We are ambassa- dors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us to call the lost home. Will we answer God's call upon our hearts or will we listen to the call of the world to enjoy our leisure? Will we neglect to make ev- ery effort to awaken our "sleeping neighbors?" "Scripture says, "The love of God compels us…" (2 Corinthians 5:14). The Word also encourages us to tell the good news. We can re- joice together as we fulfill His calling upon our lives as His ambassadors. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has re- deemed from the hand of the enemy" (Psalm 107:2). PatriciaMartinisalong time resident of Tehama County. The joy of her life is telling others about the goodness of the Lord. She became a Christian in 1963, and enjoys writing, playing her violin and various outreaches through the ministry of God's Precious Jewels such as a support group, Jehovah Rapha (God Who Heals) that serves anyone with a degenerative or chronic illness. She can be reached at 824-0411. GODTALK CompelledbytheloveofGod Patricia Martin Neighborhood Full Gos- pel Church of Corning in- vites everyone to a revival with the Crandall Brothers, Wednesday through Sun- day, March 8-12. Sunday's services will be at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. and all of the others will be at 7 p.m. The church is at First and South streets in Corning. For more information, call 824-2323. REVIVAL CrandallBrotherstospeakinCorning The women of the Presby- terian Church will hold their SpringRummageSale9a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, and 9 a.m. to noon Thurs- day March 9 at the Presbyte- rianChurch,838JeffersonSt. There will be a wide va- riety of merchandise with something for everyone. All items are recently acquired, nothing is carried over from previous sales. Money raised will be used for the work and mission of the church. For more information call 527-0372. FUNDRAISER Presbyterian Church to hold spring rummage sale By Shawn Pogatchnik The Associated Press DUBLIN A mass grave con- taining the remains of ba- bies and young children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphan- age in Ireland, govern- ment-appointed investiga- tors announced Friday in a finding that offered the first conclusive proof fol- lowing a historian's efforts to trace the fates of nearly 800 children who perished there. The judge-led Mother and Baby Homes Com- mission said excavations since November at the site of the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway, had found an underground structure divided into 20 chambers containing "sig- nificant quantities of hu- man remains." The commission said DNA analysis of selected remains confirmed the ages of the dead ranged from 35 weeks to 3 years old and were buried chiefly in the 1950s, when the overcrowded facility was one of more than a dozen in Ireland offering shelter to orphans, unwed moth- ers and their children. The Tuam home closed in 1961. Friday's findings pro- vided the first proof after decades of suspicions that the vast majority of chil- dren who died at the home had been interred on the site in unmarked graves. That was a common, but ill-documented practice at such Catholic-run facilities amid high child mortality rates in early 20th century Ireland. The government in 2014 formed the investigation after a local Tuam histo- rian, Catherine Corless, tracked down death certif- icates for nearly 800 chil- dren who had died as res- idents of the facility — but could find a burial record for only one child. "Everything pointed to this area being a mass grave," said Corless, who recalled how local boys playing in the field had reported seeing a pile of bones in a hidden under- ground chamber there in the mid-1970s. The government's com- missioner for children, Katherine Zappone, said Friday's findings were "sad and disturbing." She pledged that the children's descendants would be con- sulted on providing proper burials and other memori- als. "We will honor their memory and make sure that we take the right ac- tions now to treat their re- mains appropriately," Zap- pone said. IRELAND Experts find mass grave at former Catholic orphanage TheConnection/ His Way Church ComeWorshipwithUs Tuesday & Saturday at 6pm WithPastorsJohnandChuck 446 Walnut Street Downtown Red Bluff (across from Post Office) www.hiswayonline.org www.theconnection@vpweb.com TehamaCountyChurchDirectory RedBluff.... ABUNDANTLIFEFELLOWSHIP 21080LutherRd.•528-2499 Pastor J.E. 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