Got back from this morning’s appointment with the deletion of the medication that has the most impact on my side-effects.  I am hoping that after a while those side effects will no longer be a problem.

I am told it stays in the system a while, but it also slowly dissipates.  The medication actually goes into the fluid of my eyes and affects my vision – and not in a good way.  Why some days are worse than others I am not sure, but I am told these too will clear out and should make a big difference in my vision in the next few weeks.

At least that is what we are hoping.

Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

As Gentiles we often don’t think about how fortunate we are.  Christ died for us, as well as the Jews.

Jews rarely invite Gentiles into their religion.  As you know they are admonished to keep within the religious fold when choosing spouses, etc.

During this time they were being persecuted and driven out of Jerusalem, however, God used them to spread the Gospel of Christ, at first they shared it only with their fellow Jews.

To them, it was still just a Jewish religion and gentiles were not invited.

We know that most of the people Christ preached to were Jewish, however, we also know that He preached to and met Gentiles, but the Jews were still unable to understand the Jesus came that all people might be saved.

Peter, of course, was the first to deliberately preach to Gentiles as he had been lead of the Holy Spirit to do so and when he did he saw the same Spirit that had entered into him and the other 120 in the upper room, inter these gentiles.

When these Jews heard what God had done they rejoiced in the fact that even the gentiles could be granted salvation.

Sometimes we too forget that salvation is for all men.  We get so wrapped up in our own religion and use ‘jargon’ that only other Christians fully understand that we don’t realize that as we talk to non-Christians in what we think is testifying and witnessing to them they do not understand.

We need to remember that our mission is to reach all for the Gospel, speaking of the salvation available to them, praising and witnessing in such a way that those we talk to understand.

Later, Art :-)