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Seasons Greetings from Meridel Rawlings Join us in the privileged place entrusted to God’s ‘little ones’, beautifully reflected in Psalm 36: 7-9. “How precious is your loving kindness O God! Therefore, we Rawlings put our trust under the shadow of Your wings. We are abundantly satisfied with the goodness of Your house, You give us to drink from the river of Your pleasures.  For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.” Click here to view the newsletter in PDF

Shalom Dear Friends: “…And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses to record…:”  Isaiah 8:2a. This fall Jay and I rejoice in 40 years following hard after the Holy One of Israel. What an adventure for us former Canadians. Rejoice with us; Daniel, the youngest of our sons to be launched, was one of 20 students chosen and has begun a 4 year degree program in film at in university here in Israel. The following article was published in the ‘Christian edition of the Jerusalem Post’ at the prompting of the ‘International Christian Embassy’ of which we were co-founders in 1980. The title “Christian Family” is a little misleading and to clear up any confusion let me say that our family is composed of Jews and Christians including 8 grandchildren, 3 Christian and 5 Jewish!

Shalom; God bless you each one for your loving letters. I will give some details of my incredible trip to Europe later. July in Israel is hot! Our family planned a get away, and because finances were scarce we all emptied out our refrigerators, grabbed the coolers, tents, swimsuits, grand-babies, sunscreen bedding and cooking utensils. We filled 4 vehicles… and headed north. A wide creamy white sandy beach became our campsite for two nights. Eight silver colored tents were set in a semi-circle not including the tent filled with toys and books when the sun got to be too much for the children. The men raised a sun shade on 4 poles so the Moms had some protection in the camp kitchen. Dads and kids scavenged wood for cooking and camp fires.  Liyah just 5 learned to surf. Noam and Amitai found adventure dressed as Beduin sheiks  The girls swam, read and painted. The twins roared up and down the smooth wet sand racing giant yellow trucks. They laid down full length on the wet …

Still Small Voice Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.     Psalm 85:10 There are a few times in life when heaven seems to touch the earth, and recently Jay and I and my nephew Paul felt this favor while filming TV programs up in the Galilee. For a couple of days we were like kids out of school. There is just something about Galilee. Here Jesus spent the greatest time of His ministry and here he was heard gladly. In his life time Israeli historians say that out of the 2 million Jews living here at the time under Roman rule, 500,000 followed the Rabbi. Our tour guide was Irene Bredlow, took us  to explore Capernaum, Chorazin and biblical Bethsida where a monument has been set up which reads “Here the Gentiles gave glory to the God of Israel.”  What did these 3 cities have in common? Jesus cursed them all. He even said in the day of judgment, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on Judgment Day.

Still Small Voice … Shalom dear friends;          Nisan 5769,  April 2009 Tell me, is there anything like good news from a far country? Your letters are treasures and I take time to devour each one. You write as though I am your family, well, I am. Thank you for loving kindness poured out.  Lets take a moment to think of the momentous time of year we are approaching.  I hope what follows sheds light on your own private time of worship during Passover and Easter. The Hebrew Month of Nisan Nisan  (April) opens for us a portal to gaze at spiritual greatness, to see God’s hand at work in human affairs, especially in human history. It gives us a sense of how God metes out justice in this world to nations and individuals. Whether we see it or not, the divine principle of ‘justice’ is always present and working.

A fresh new design for Still Small Voice (SSV) web site has been in development for the last 6 months. We have tried hard to improve the image and user friendliness of all the communications coming to you from SSV. The logo is a tree with Hebrew letters and a dove which symbolizes “Let his (or her) soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life”. The landscape photography by Chris Rawlings reflects this theme very well and gives a fresh and relaxed look to the web site and e-newsletter. We are pleased to announce the launch of the new web site in mid April 2009, which will highlight more up to date news on Meridel Rawlings with personal video clips and current news. Chris Rawlings has developed a content management system to help Meridel update the web site on a monthly basis to keep her friends and supporters informed and educated about current events in Israel. There is a newsletter section with current and archived news for those interested. Also, we would love …

Jay and Meridel Rawlings Tour Scotland We have been under attack since starting our daily broadcasts from Jerusalem… Wounded Healer: Nobody escapes being wounded

My theme this letter is ‘warfare’ and consequences How do you blow a trumpet in Zion? A Free Spirit Be My Parents! The War is On! We need you to stand with us here in the Middle East as never before