"By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace." (Hebrews 11:31)

I love how God will use us despite our backgrounds, mistakes, or circumstances, and that He can use any of those things to draw people to Himself. He doesn't have to use any of us, but He chooses to because He loves us.

Take the harlot Rahab in Joshua 2. She brought the spies into her home and then hid them from the king and helped them to escape. God could have stopped there but He didn't because He wanted so much more for Rahab's life. She had heard the stories of all God had done for the nation of Israel,and she believed. Rahab knew that she wanted their God to be her God. And so God saved her life physically (by letting her escaped the city of Jerich0) as well as eternally. But God is so awesome and the story doesn't stop there. Rahab goes on to be grafted into the nation of Israel and ultimately is part of the genealogy of Christ. Did God have to do that? No, but He did because He loved her, and He loves us too.

My prayer is that I would be willing to be used by God no matter how big or how small, the opportunity may seem. Please pray for those of us serving here in King's LYnn, that we would be living by faith and looking for opportunities from the Lord to reach the lost here.

Carleigh