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Still Small Voice – The broken hearted…

The Divine TIME Keeper: “… I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all people, for kings and all who are in high authority so that we may live a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.” 1 Timothy 2:1,2. Paul wrote these instructions from prison, when Nero ruled Rome and lit up his garden by making Christians human torches. You can sense Paul’s longing to be out on the road again. But there he was, chained in a filthy, cold stone prison. Paul turned his gaze from his miserable circumstances toward heaven. The result? His broken heart was strengthened. He was the conduit for heaven to invade that dark, forgotten place. Paul prayed for his jailers, and led fellow prisoners to the LORD Jesus … and was later beheaded. It hurts to even think about it, as we sit in our soft armchairs and read his letters. Let us be equally moved by today’s tragedies. We rarely tell anyone about our personal times of brokenness. It can …

Still Small Voice – January 2026

Published by Meridel Rawlings

My Dear Friends: “May the peace of God sanctify you entirely , and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ-Messiah.” John 17:17 Jay joins me in sending you our blessings. We are quiet in Abba’s over shadowing Peace. What a gift in 2026? Maybe you need to take a little pause here? Breathe deeply, look up and out towards the sky and clouds. Release your negative thoughts: resentments, unforgiveness and frustration. If not, this letter will not be the blessing it was intended to be. Put the negativity under your feet? Use your God given authority and refuse to allow it to sit on your chest and in your mind. Stop being a yo yo – release yourself into Jesus. Let go of the rush and demands of the day. Now, invite the Comforter, the Spirit of Life to indwell you afresh, closer than your next breath… that is close. Find something to be thankful for and let your grateful words spill …

Truth & Thanksgiving

Published by Meridel Rawlings

My Dear Friends: “And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written: ‘The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob’”. Romans 11:26 Thank you for your inquiry about the missing link from my last letter. I apologize for the typo, indicative of how very weary I had become. Many of you have written concerning the last SMV asking for the ‘missing link’ that was not posted by mistake. Here it is with Mark Levine, a passionate intellectual Jewish lawyer. It is a MUST SEE for everyone, but first and foremost Jews and Christians LISTEN to it all please. I understand the terms antiSemitism and anti-Americanism used by the WEF, government heads, many of the 57 Arab States, Leftists, Conservative Christians, Nazis etc. Because Israel saves so many others, Abba Father will save His Covenant People when it is all said and done. Jew and Gentile. You discern the lies that Mr. Levine exposed and the KEY ROLE of Israel in todays world in order to pray effectively, “Thy will be done IN …

Still Small Voice – Rest

Published by Meridel Rawlings

Heshvan 5786 / November 2025 Shalom Dear Friends; Noah was one of a kind; chosen to preserve mankind from utter destruction. He survived his generation of terror, vicious perverseness and willful destruction. he was given the name Noah, which means REST. That in itself is a mystery to me. After a wild storm, a glorious rainbow graced our valley this week, bringing forcefully to mind Abba Father’s promise. “My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again will the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.” Gen: 9:15. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will finder rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Math. 11:28 I believe our last visitors of the year have now departed. We have had 150 days of a total of 45 house guests since …

Still Small Voice – September 2025

Published by Meridel Rawlings

My Dear Friends who pray: “The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart, The commandment of the Lord is pure enlightening the eyes; The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever The judgements of the Lord are true; and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yes, much fine gold, Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Psalm 19:8-10 “Prove yourselves doers of the word, and not hearers only …”James 1:22a “But I tell you, love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you that you may be sons (children) of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and unrighteous.”Jesus. Matthew 6:45 What days these are? Jesus promised, “You will be hated …” yes, we have always been hated. Jews compose less than 1% of the world’s total population of 8 billion. How strange a disease this anti-Semitism is. Even here in Greece, the Palestinians rose up demanding Jews get out! It is …

Still Small Voice Aug. 2025

Published by Meridel Rawlings

My dear friends: I see in this beautiful painting by Shelly Bandel Rawlingsa call to ‘to come up higher.’ Together with our son Daniel; they produce a blog: ‘Choose Love not Fear.’ I am purposefully avoiding any stressful topics. It is not the time. We need to learn how to REST, in order to receive the grace and mercy coming down to us from the portals of heaven. The doors of heaven are open. Please open the doors of your mind heart and emotions to receive a new infilling of the Holy Spirit. Hide nothing, hold nothing back, lay it all on His alter. Except a kernel of wheat fall into the ground and dies it abides alone … “Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah – Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, no angels, nor principalities, nor powers of things present, nor things to come,nor night, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the …

Still Small Voice – “A gentle whisper in the midst of noise.”

Published by Meridel Rawlings

My dear friends who pray: “… in the silence I heard a [quiet] voice say, Can a mortal be innocent before God? Job 4:16 – 21 What is July bringing to you? Thank you for your responses to my last letter, in which I shared my Jerusalem family’s experiences during the war between Israel and Iran. Can we even imagine how exhausted Israelis are, having lived in constant turmoil since Oct. 7th 2023? How Israel Prays: https://youtu.be/qGo4UchDJeE?si=Ol7BBfK1sg411kte War and trouble continue to swirl all around, and darkness abounds. Endless media forecasts are devised to unsettle and frighten us all? Negative voices without and within, unsettle. I sense deep restlessness and unease in my friends. But the believing Israelis pray with fervour and faithfulness, knowing the Prophets. A Time of Preparation? Anyone can safely confide in Yeshua: upon waking, throughout the day and before bedtime. Invite the Holy Spirit to whisper into your thoughts. As the rush and racket of the day continues unabated, find a place to commune with Jesus, the friend who sticks closer than a …

Still Small Voice – Rising Lions

Published by Meridel Rawlings

My dear Friends: Time is speeding up…Ancient prophecies unfold. “Jerusalem is the navel (center) of the earth.” Ezekiel 5:5“Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling(staggering) to all the surrounding peoples: and when the siege isagainst Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. And in that day I willmake Jerusalem a heavy stone for ALL the peoples; ALL who lift it willbe severely injured. And ALL nations of the earth will come and begathered against it.” Zechariah 12: 3,4. Today, Israel is at war with Iran and inspite of ballistic missiles slamming into this tiny nation … it is a terrible time for all of Israel be they Arab, Jew, Druze or Christian, all suffer. Perhaps the less we say is the best. The hospital in Beersheba has been hit twice, all patients were evacuated the day before the missile strikes! In five days, 850 ballistic missiles have slammed into Israel, most hit open spaces, a few have caused death and devastating destruction. Everyone in Israel is exhausted with hours of …

Still Small Voice – The Enemy

Published by Meridel Rawlings

My friends who pray: Recently, our son David, in Jerusalem, filmed his wife and daughter while down in the bomb shelter. You can feel the tension and fear. He asked his wife , “How do your feel?” Her reply, “I hate my life.” David said, “Shaking all over?” “Yeah, bad adrenalin.” They waited for the sound of the ‘boom’ from Israel’s Iron Dome destroyed the first Houthi ballistic missile that night. There was a 2nd after midnight. Simultaneously, Mr Trump was being hosted in Saudi Arabia and had just gotten guarantees from Yemen, “not to attack any more ships in the Gulf. … and what about Israel? Pray for him to be fully aware of the Enemy. It is not flesh and blood. “Messiah, (he who is called Christ) the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives …” Isaiah 61:1 (Amp.) “My grace is sufficient for you for my power is perfected in weakness. Most …

Modern Israel celebrates 77 years!

Published by Meridel Rawlings

Dear Friends: On the eve of April 30th 2025, modern Israel celebrates 77 years of Independence. “Tell us, when will this take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end, (completion and consummation) of the age?” Matthew 24:3 read on. “The righteous cry and the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The eternal God is a dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms, so that we confidently say, the Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me? Though I go through the midst (center) of trouble, You are with me.” Ps. 34:17, 33:27, Ps 138:7 Yes, the enemy oppresses, and will never quit until we wake up, push back and ‘serve him notice. Secure and sanctity the peace of your personal space in the blood of Jesus! IF we are not careful, we are tempted to think that there is no deliverance and our prayers are unheard. But it is in the center of trouble where Jesus …