Mrs. Kramer and the Loaf of Challah

Little acts of love and compassion 

can go far in 

touching others for Jesus...

By Pamela Rae Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-

www.AmericanHolocaustComing.blogspot.com

Every time I walk down the hallways of a certain nursing home, I pass the room of Mrs. Kramer. She is a sweet older lady confined to a wheelchair, who now resides full time at this facility. As I pass her room, I note the pretty Chanukah menorah still in her room, though Chanukah is long over. Pictures of her beloved children decorate the walls of her tidy room.

As I gaze at this woman moving slowly down the hall in her wheelchair, warm memories returned of my years of taking care of Jewish patients and elderly in home health care, and even Jewish children in summer camps. 

How many miracles I have witnessed throughout the years as I interacted with Jewish families and people, people who need love and compassion and respect just like everyone else. 

I can never forget one elderly Jewish woman, whose family called her "Nanny." Her daughter could not afford to pay full cost for home health care, including extra care for her while she was in the hospital at times. And so I told the family that I would only charge what they could comfortably afford and nothing more. And we enjoyed a wonderful relationship as I worked with them.

One day, Nanny suffered a severe relapse. She began severely bleeding from the rectum. She was in the hospital at this time, and I was providing extra assistance and support for her.

As I prayed with her, she asked for Jesus her Messiah to come into her heart and save her eternally. I had shared all about my miraculous healing so many years ago, and the amazing things Jesus does for all who come to Him. And that indeed, He is the promised Messiah of the Jewish people, and the Savior of the world as well.

The hospital did all they could do to save her, but precious Nanny died that day, right before my eyes. I notified her family, and I even came to the funeral at their request in another state wherein she was buried.

But something strange happened after all this. Her granddaughter, Marcia, came to me a few days later with a look of amazement on her face. "Pam...what is going on...what did you do with Nanny??? I had a strange dream last night!" I asked her to share what she experienced in that dream.

Jesus remains the only way to the Father and His glorious kingdom

"I was somehow in heaven, talking to Nanny. She was smiling and happy. She said to me, 'don't cry for me...I am happy in Heaven...Jesus saved me!'" And then, the dream was over.

But it was so vivid to Marcia, that she just had to come and find me to tell me about this. You see, Marcia was not a believer in Jesus at that time, and she did not understand what she had just experienced.

And so, the door was opened to share Jesus her Messiah with her at last. Marcia immediately prayed for Jesus to come into her life as well, and dedicated her little daughter to Jesus also. Her life was never the same after that divine encounter with the Holy Spirit, revealing where her beloved grandmother now was for all eternity.

And so, as I look at Mrs. Kramer, my prayers are filling heaven for her life to be touched by His love and mercy and salvation soon. She is very old now. She needs Jesus now.

I prayed for God to show me what she would really love, that I could bring to give her. He impressed upon me "CHALLAH," that delicious braided bread so popular with the Jewish community. And so, I visited the local bakery and bought a nice fresh loaf of challah, had it sliced, and brought it to Mrs. Kramer. But I was not prepared for her response.

Mrs. Kramer's eye lit up immediately as I handed her this loaf of bread. A smile came to her face as she held it in her arms. Normally very reserved in her speech, she immediately began to open up and talk to me.  I had no idea how much this small gift would mean to her, but God did!

One small gift filled with love can make a difference

When I encountered again a few days her later, she expressed to me her thanks again, and shared how delicious that bread tasted that day! But that was last week, and it is now all gone, as she told me yesterday.

And so this Friday (when they bake challah again), I am going to buy another loaf of challah for dear Mrs. Kramer, just as I promised her. And maybe another special treat she will enjoy. Life in a nursing home can be very lonely and uneventful. Many elderly develop the attitude that they are simply there for the purpose of waiting to die, and nothing more. How sad. But there is more to life than sitting around waiting to die!

Jesus the Messiah and Savior of the world proclaimed, "I AM come that they may have LIFE and have it more abundantly." Life more abundantly is a Scriptural principle. The Jews have an expression in Hebrew, "L'Chaim!" Or, "to LIFE!"

And Jesus the Messiah came that ALL might have life more abundantly, Jew and non-Jew alike, for Jesus died for the redemption of ALL mankind. 

His wondrous free gifts can be received TODAY by believing in Him and asking Him into your heart and life now.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE." 

From the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verse 16

As I present Mrs. Kramer with the loaf of challah bread Friday on the eve of shabbat, I am also very careful as to how I approach the subject of Jesus the Messiah. Years of interacting with the Jews has taught me to wait for the timing of the Holy Spirit, and to pray for His words to fill my heart as well. 

And much prayer must precede such encounters, that God's Holy Spirit will draw that person to Jesus and open their eyes to spiritual truths as well. As Jesus declared, "No man can come unto Me, unless the Father draw Him." Salvation is of God from beginning to end.

In closing, I ask you to please pray for this precious woman, for God's Holy Spirit to open her eyes to the glorious truth about her Messiah, Jesus, and to bring her to full salvation through faith in Him at last. Pray also for her children and grandchildren to also come to their Messiah as well.

And please, fellow Christians, remember that God desires to use EACH ONE OF YOU to reach out to others with His love and salvation in YOUR world! 

When I was much younger, I always used to think that it was only the BIG evangelists and television ministries or mega-churches that were really reaching others for Christ, and that I could never be used by God in such a mighty way.

But God has taught me just the opposite. For God needs every one of His precious children to reach out the lost all around them, and to bring the BREAD OF LIFE to their tables also.

As Christians, we can all reach people on a one-on-one personal basis, every single day. And many of the people we are called to reach out to, would otherwise slip through the evangelistic net of TV ministries, churches or crusades. YOU and your Christian testimony are very important, and Jesus needs YOU as His witness to a lost and dying world.

Thank you for your ongoing prayers for Mrs. Kramer. 

God knows exactly who she is!

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And now, go and give 

THE BREAD OF LIFE

to someone around you, 

and help to 

CHANGE THE WORLD 

for Jesus Christ and His Kingdom.

-Pamela Rae Schuffert-

Your Prayers for John Are Being Answered!

Once a prisoner of drugs and sin, now John is set free
By God's grace working in his life...
And through a family's faith and prayers 
that never gave up
HOPE.
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Brother John is doing so much better now!

John with his excellent Christian doctor, Dr. Culver

at BEYSTONE NURSING HOME in NC

I have wonderful news to report to all my cherished readers and intercessors with this blog. I asked for PRAYER for John to heal and improve, and YOUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED! Thank GOD through Jesus Christ, and many thanks to ALL you wonderful readers for your faithful intercessions.

After his life-saving surgery several months ago, John's legs were super-sensitive. The slightest touch brought horrific pain and discomfort to John. I dreaded being in his room whenever the CNA's came to change his bandages or to move him. The slightest touch was agonizing for John.

And so we prayed...and prayed...and prayed for A MIRACLE that this constant pain he suffered from would be relieved and go. And God answered our prayers!

One nurse commented that when they gave John a shower the other day, he was totally calm and relaxed and had no problems with pain whatsoever. All his caregivers have noticed this incredible change in John's health condition.

His foot continues to heal slowly from the previous surgery, but it is HEALING nonetheless!

John is recovering in so many other ways as well. His mind is improving from all the terrible pain and stress, and he is talking clearly and has a great sense of humor...he makes all his health care providers laugh whenever they come to help him.

Even more important are the conversations we have about God and John's walk with Christ Jesus his Savior and healer. John knows that he is only alive because of the mercy and the grace of God.

Three years ago, John finally surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. He repented of his sinful lifestyle of drugs and crime to support his addictions, and became the prodigal son who finally came home. 

For forty years John was trapped in that dark and tragic world of drugs and drug dealing and physical addictions, including to alcohol.

Sucked into that tempting and deadly vortex while a young teen in high school, John developed destructive addictions at an early age, that would sadly control his life for forty desperate and tragic years. 

My wonderful Christian mother was heartbroken, but adamantly refused to give up on her precious son! I also refused to let the devil steal and destroy my beloved brother. And so, we prayed for John and witnessed to him throughout those years, beseeching God to save John.

And finally, after much suffering and travail, those prayers miraculously worked! You parents who are struggling with children who are entangled in the world of drugs and alcohol and related problems, NEVER GIVE UP ON THEM! No matter how great their sins and darkness are, GOD'S GRACE IS GREATER! Continue to love them...continue to forgive them...continue to show mercy to them...and SOMEDAY, you will see the power of God answering those prayers AT LAST!

Brother John now loves Jesus His Savior, Who has forgiven him so very much. John is now seeking how to glorify God through his testimony, and so am I. We are even praying about filming John for YOUTUBE with his moving and exciting true Christian testimony of HOW and WHAT God saved him from.

TRUE CONFESSIONS have been pouring out from John as I sit by his bedside in the nursing home. Things that he never dared to admit to my mother or I, he is now confessing to me. 

WOW! As I listen to his past escapades, I am reminded of the title of that movie that came out a few years ago, "BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU???"

Fascinating tales of little brother's antics during those years, literally have me sitting on  the edge of my seat with suspense as he shares just how wild and crazy those years really were. Oh, little brother, how great is the mercy of God in your life! 

Thank God for the precious blood of Jesus that his mother and I covered his life with through prayer throughout those years! Many of his former druggy and hippy friends of that era are long dead, due to drug and alcohol abuse or perhaps a drug deal gone bad. John remains a true survivor of that hippy culture and drug era.

I was shocked one day when little brother admitted something. I was discussing with John my years of going to NYC to share Jesus with the Russians so prevalent in Brooklyn, and how I missed those years and wanted to go back for a visit.

John said, "Pam, you gave me a crazy idea when you talked about Brighton Beach and the Russian neighborhoods! While you were going there to share Jesus and pray with the Russians, I decided it would also be a good place to go to make drug connections! 'Cuz Russians are always into drugs. So I decided to go there too and make connections...... and I did!"

Oh, little brother..break my heart. Thank GOD those days are OVER! How sadly ironic. 

While I was there in Brooklyn sharing the glories of Jesus the Messiah with the Russian Jews and their precious children, my crafty little brother was there to make drug connections with the underworld. 

Who knows? Maybe even rubbing shoulders with the notorious Russian mafia!

He continued. "Hey...after making connections for heroin deals, I would talk to them about different stuff...even about you. When I told them about my sister and how she was working with Russian Jews here, sharing Jesus with them, they said,

"Oh, yeah!...We have HEARD OF HER!" 

Now that statement got my attention immediately. Huh? Little Brother,  you have to be kidding! But he repeated it and said it was all true. And then I realized something: I forgot that within the grapevine among Europeans and Russians in their communities, news and gossip travels fast.

Good news travels fast as well as bad news. I had been working with precious Russian Jewish families and their adorable children for 5 summers, kids straight out of Brooklyn and the five Boroughs, even New Jersey. 

The Russian Baptists had a wonderful Christian center and summer camp outside of NYC in Connecticut. They welcomed these Russian children with open arms every summer, sometimes even free. I was big momma for 15 little primary age Russian Jewish girls in our two cabins, every summer for 5 years. We bonded every summer, and I will never forget what God did for those precious children at that summer camp through our prayers and witness of Jesus to them.

The kids would return to Brooklyn and the Russian neighborhood of Brighton Beach "Little Odessa" filled with exciting tales of summer camp...and people like the "big momma Pamela" who took loving care of them. 

Who could ever imagine that in one family, here is big sister leading people to Jesus and salvation...even while little brother is leading others down the path of drugs and sin...?

How very sad. But again, those days are forever over for little Brother John, now truly sorry from the very depths of his heart for his sins, and deeply regretting how the devil used him for so many years. For by the grace of God alone through Jesus Christ, John is now a changed person! The power of Jesus Christ has set him free, and he is becoming a new creature in Christ, every single day of his glorious walk with Him. Halleluia!

As I think about the things John has been confessing to me, I am reminded of the powerful testimony of Nicky Cruz in the book, "The Cross and the Switchblade," written by evangelist Dave Wilkerson. Nicky had been a Puerto Rican gang member and drug dealer, thief and many other things, often quite violent, until the testimony of Jesus changed his life completely.

Testimonies like his are often the most convincing and moving, because of the contrast between what he was BEFORE he received Jesus Christ, and the kind of person he became AFTER his encounter with Jesus. What a difference Jesus and His power to save and redeem lost souls can make!

The same is now true about little brother John and his testimony now coming forth. And this is why John needs me so much at this time. He remains weak and bedridden, but is so determined to now glorify God with his Christian testimony of what Jesus has done for him. I have to be with him in order to help enable him to make this testimony known worldwide. 

We hope to begin with YOUTUBE. Until we are able to obtain a wheelchair lift van and a motorized electric wheelchair for John, he cannot travel to share his powerful testimony. But we can travel across the globe using YOUTUBE!

I have a tripod and a video camera that we are praying about setting up and using to interview John and to share how Jesus finally got ahold of his life after 40 years of living a life of drugs and crime, breaking not only the hearts of his family members but ultimately the heart of God as well. But JESUS MADE THE DIFFERENCE!

And the young people of today are no different than John was so many years ago, as a young teen. When I asked John why he did not accept Jesus as his Savior immediately when my mother and I did, after my miraculous healing in 1971 following my salvation, he replied, 

"I was having too much fun partying and drinking with my friends! I wanted to be a part of the 'in crowd' and be cool. I loved playing the guitar in bands and being popular and having lots of girlfriends. I didn't want to give this up, and just wasn't ready yet...." John was 14 at that time and a freshman in high school.

But this was a decision that John was later to deeply regret. His wild "party on, dudes" lifestyle was to eventually bring him (and his family) much suffering and grief throughout the years. 

But once you get trapped in that dark world of drug and alcohol addiction and dependency, it is very hard to come out successfully. Some people sadly never do, and die from their addictions. But the Bible declares to the world that, "With GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!" This means there is hope!

John's unbiblical choices throughout those years were to take him many places, including through the revolving doors of jail and prison for his thefts and drug dealing. Many vehicles of his were involved in car wrecks and totalled as a result of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. And his father would simply buy him another vehicle to replaced the wrecked one, repeatedly, in the hopes it would not happen again. 

But because of SIN, it did. It is only the grace of God, fueled by the nonstop prayers of his mother and I throughout those years, that he did not die as a result of his sinful and destructive choices and lifestyle.

Today, how many young people are facing the same kinds of decisions that John did as a young teenager? How many realize that the decisions they make at this time, will determine the kind of future they will face for the rest of their lives, whether for GOOD or for BAD?

How deeply John regrets the wrong decisions he made throughout those years. Although a tall and handsome, healthy young man in his high school years John at the age of 57 cannot even walk now. His feet are deformed and twisted. His legs no longer have the strength to support his body, He cannot get out of bed, even to go to the restroom. He now requires twenty-four hour care, and must wear disposable undergarments.

Hands that used to play the guitar for hours at wild parties and events, can barely lift a fork full of food to his lips to eat his meals in the nursing home. How my heart breaks for him as I see John in this condition, day after day!

But John finally can be honest with himself and others. He knows that all this is a direct result of his years of living in sin and disobedience to God's word. His many years of abusing his body with drugs and alcohol and wrong choices finally took their toll in his health at last.

But, it was God allowing this to happen to him that also finally brought him to brokenness and repentance, and to come to his Savior Jesus at last for forgiveness and deliverance and a changed life! And now, John wants the world to know what JESUS CAN DO FOR YOU!

And especially, he wants the young people of today to know this as well. He does not want to see them make the same tragic decisions he did at an early age, that will only set them up for future heartaches and loss, suffering and destruction. Not only that, but their families and loved ones will suffer with them as well. Ours did.

There is so much more John and I want to share with you! And we will. Now that Jesus has truly come into his life, miracles seem to happen on a daily basis in so many areas of his life. It is a miracle that I came when I did last September to visit him, only to discover to my horror that he was about to die of gross negligence  and malpractice at his former nursing home in NC! They were simply going to LET HIM DIE! 

But God had a better plan for John's life!

Christian parents, if you are struggling with children who are much like John during his teenager years, please print this testimony and hand them a copy TODAY. They need to realize that there are consequences for their decisions that they make NOW. They must understand that CRIME DOES NOT PAY and that the wages of sin is DEATH. 

Rebellion against God's commandments and refusing salvation through Jesus Christ will only lead to heartaches and sorrows, lost opportunities and great suffering...and eventually death. There is NO FULFILLMENT IN SIN.

Many young people, following the corrupt examples set before them by Hollywood and television and their peers, are sleeping with multiple sex partners beginning at an early age. They think this is cool and fun. 

But later, they will change their minds as sexually transmitted diseases ravage their bodies, and even AIDS, bringing with it much suffering and ultimately death from a compromised immune system. I have watched young people, living that lifestyle, die of AIDS before my eyes, and it is not pleasant.

How many precious and innocent unborn children are aborted as a result of sinful lifestyles among youth today??? And how many young women will never be able to have children again because of the damage abortion (even multiple ones) can do to their bodies? Sin always bring suffering and death to those involved! And perhaps millions upon millions of innocent aborted children, dying because of the sins of others, illustrate this lesson the most clearly.

The GOOD NEWS in all of this, no matter how deep or great the sin may be, there is always HOPE because of what Jesus Christ did for mankind when He died on the cross for OUR  sins! It is never too late! My brother is living proof of this glorious truth. And now, he wants the world to know WHAT JESUS DID FOR JOHN. 

Because what He does for one, Jesus can do for ALL who come to Him for help and salvation and deliverance from sin.

Because of Jesus Christ, SIN CAN BE FORGIVEN! Because of Jesus Christ, LIVES CAN BE RESTORED AND CHANGED! Because of Jesus Christ, a sinner can stand forgiven and justified before Almighty God, because Jesus shed His precious blood for the remission of sins FOR ALL!

If you have children, or spouses or friends you are concerned about, who are living in the same sinful world of drugs and alcohol and the party mentality that John once was, please print this article off of your computer and hand them a copy of John's testimony TODAY. Make copies to distribute to others as well. It is true life testimonies like his that have the power to warn others, and to help bring them to Jesus Christ NOW.

This is the sincere and deep desire of John, that many will come to repentance and to Jesus Christ through his moving testimony. It is mine as well. And I will do everything I can at this point to help make John's story known everywhere. Pray for our success, for the glory of God, in accomplishing this challenging task at this time. I want to interview and film him for YOUTUBE in fact, something I have never done before. But we both believe it needs to be done.

John and I pray for all my readers, and the REST of the world as well at this challenging time to be alive in today's world.

May his powerful testimony of what Jesus Christ has done, bring LIFE and HOPE to your world and circumstances you may be facing today. What God has done for OTHERS, He can do for YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES!

Pray for our success to glorify God through John's testimony at this time. Thank you for your support. We love you!

-Pamela Rae Schuffert and a redeemed Brother John-

A Christmas Miracle-"Martin of Oxford Street"

www.AmericanHolocaustComing.blogspot.com

By Pamela Rae Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian perspective-

The greatest GIFT we can give, is God's love through Jesus Christ!

The year was 1998. I had just spent several months in Israel and Jerusalem, praying therein and lecturing to international crowds regarding my research about the coming NEW WORLD ORDER agenda, including during Feast of Tabernacles.

Suddenly I received news that my father had peacefully died, following a prolonged struggle with bone cancer. The prayers of my saintly mother and I for 30 long years had finally been heard: Daddy had repented of his sins and had received Jesus as his Lord and Savior 6 months before he died. Considering all the darkness he had been involved with for many years, as a recruit into the NWO agenda and into it's accompanying cult of satanism, this was indeed a great miracle that we had awaited for many years. Halleluia!

And now, it was  time to return home to speak at his funeral in Arlington Cemetery, in Washington DC.

My flight home was arranged. It would first take me to London, England, home of my Pilgrim Christian ancestors, to remain for one week before departing finally for the USA.

London, England

While in London, I stayed at the Salvation Army hostel for one week. Praying there one evening soon after arriving, the Holy Spirit startled me with an unexpected revelation. He impressed upon me that there was one particular person in great need that He wanted me to witness and minister to that Christmas season. 

Puzzled, I prayed for God to tell me how I would find this person. He simply told me that I would be led by His Holy Spirit to that person.

Intrigued by this revelation (I have always enjoyed an adventure and a little mystique) I called a London cabbie to come and pick me up from the hostel. Taxicabs in London are very different from the ones in New York City or Washington DC! I also noticed immediately that their steering wheels are on the WRONG side! And everyone drives on the wrong side of the road as well in the UK...or do WE drive on the wrong side back in America!

I asked the cabbie about London. "Tell me...what is a good street to go to during the Christmas season?" Without hesitation, he replied, "Oh, that would be Oxford Street...of course!" And so I asked him to take me to Oxford Street, where all the tourists love to go and the action takes place. 

Soon I found myself in the ritzy shopping center of London. Christmas decorations hung from every lamp post. Show windows were filled with decorations and Christmas trees and the latest elegant fashions of that season in Europe.

My cabbie deposited me right n the heart of Oxford Street's shopping district. Thanking him, I paid him and tipped as well, and hesitantly stepped out of the cab into the bustle of this busy shopping season. Taking a deep breath, I prayed for God to simply lead me to the person He had in mind for me to minister to. 

I glanced at the people walking around me. Many were dressed elegantly, the latest fashions peeking out from under expensive coats and elegant winter wear. Others were carrying shopping bags in both hands, bearing names of expensive stores. People and the air of holiday excitement and anticipation were everywhere!

Slowly, I began to walk up one side of Oxford Street, praying quietly for God to lead me to that special person in need. There seemed to be no end of stores and services offered on that busy avenue! But where was my special person that cold evening???

I finally crossed the street and began to walk towards where I had come from on the other side of Oxford Street. 

Homeless victim in London at Christmas time

As I continued to pray, I glanced to the side, where there was a store closed for the evening.  I suddenly noticed what appeared to be a human figure sitting there in the dark, at the entrance, obviously seeking shelter from the winter cold under the overhang.  There sat a young man with his back against the wall, huddled under a thin and worn blanket, looking very depressed and distraught. I noted that Christmas shoppers rushed by, oblivious to this homeless person.

Amazingly, as I prayed, the Holy Spirit began to then tell me that THIS WAS THE ONE! I became very excited, even as compassion began to fill  my heart for this young man.

I bent over and began to talk to him. He acted surprised that anyone would even notice him or take the time to speak with him. I asked him what his name was. "My name is Martin.." he replied. I asked him then why he was sitting out there in the cold. A look of sadness came over his face.

"It's my mum...she has some mental problems...she and my father always fight...I finally could take no more abuse at home and had to leave, but I have no where to go now..." His voice faltered. His eyes were clear and he did not show the typical signs of drug abuse. I believed him.

Previously, I had never read the articles about the high rate of homelessness for youth in the UK at that time. But it remains a serious problem there, as many articles I have reviewed recently reveal.

http://homeless.org.uk/news/youth-homelessness-rise-in-england#.UNH_K-Q1me0

Praying about how to respond, I said, "Martin, has anyone ever told you that Jesus Christ really exists and that he loves you and can save you from your situation?" He looked up at me with his blue eyes and said, "No...nobody has ever really talked to me about Jesus before..." I was immediately stunned. Here I was in London, England, the home of my Pilgrim ancestors...and Martin was admitting that in this same city NO one had ever shared Jesus with him before!

With that revelation from Martin, the Holy Spirit came upon me in power, and with tears in my eyes I began to share the wonderful love of Jesus Christ and what he could do for Martin. I noticed that he listened to every word I said. Finally I said, "Martin, would you like to pray with me for Jesus Christ to come into your life and change it?"

Martin was actually excited at that statement, and almost shouted when he said "YES!"

I quickly took his hand and we prayed together on that cold street. Martin meant every word he spoke as he prayed for Jesus to forgive his sins and to save him and give him hope for a new life, and to heal his mother and save his family as well. 

What a change came over Martin after that prayer! As I looked at him, I was suddenly reminded of the words of Jesus, when He spoke of the good shepherd leaving the flock to search for that one sheep that was lost. SO THIS was ultimately  why God brought me to London!

The Holy Spirit then convicted me deeply, and impressed upon my heart a timeless Bible truth as revealed in the Book of James. "Faith without works is dead..." What good does it do to say to someone in great need that "Jesus loves you" and "God bless you..." IF we do not MANIFEST that very love in practical ways, even as Jesus commanded us? I wish more Christians would read and then act on James 2:14-17:

 "Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing.If one of you says to him, 'Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,' but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by actions, is dead."

I looked at Martin, still shivering in the cold under that ragged blanket. Busy shoppers continued to bustle by us, appearing to not even notice Martin.

Homeless youth on the street in England

I then quickly went to get a fast food meal for Martin, and something warm to drink as well. Nearby was their local McDonald's. While certainly  not the most nutritious, it was the closest and quickest food I could find. 

Actual McDonald's  on Oxford Street, London,

where I purchased a meal for Martin

I brought it back to Martin, and he was so grateful. He had not eaten for a while, and began to eat immediately. 

Then God further convicted me.

"Martin, God has spoken to my heart to give you a 50 pound bank note...but you are not to thank me, but JESUS ONLY! He loves you and HE is your Savior, and this is HIS gift of encouragement to YOU..." We are called as Christians to be ambassadors of HIS love and compassion to the world. Everything we do must be done to glorify HIM and bring people to HIM, for only He is the Savior of the world and mankind.

I will never forget the joy on his face as I gave him that British currency. He finally threw off that dirty blanket, stood up smiling, and told me excitedly that he was going to return home to tell his mother about what Jesus had done for him that night. 

It was then the Holy Spirit told me that my assignment was finished, and THIS young man was the one He had sent me to London to minister to. I watched him slowly disappear into the crowd shopping on  Oxford Street. And then, I summoned a taxicab and went back to the Salvation Army hostel. 

What an amazing miracle! I had never experienced anything quite like this before in my life. But this is exactly what the Bible calls, "being led by the Holy Spirit." The Word of God also declares, "...but as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the SONS OF GOD."

And every Christmas season following this amazing God-led encounter in London, the Holy Spirit reminds me to continue to pray for MARTIN OF OXFORD STREET and his family...and now for the many OTHER homeless youth in the UK  and throughout the world (America included!) today facing similar crises as well.

Dear reader,  and what about YOU this Christmas season? There may be another "Martin" in YOUR area, that God wants to lead you to, to show forth His love and compassion to, and to share Jesus with. And maybe a warm meal or clothing with as well....

And why limit such increased compassion to the Christmas season? "The poor ye have with you always..." declared Jesus to His followers. People  are in need of compassion and the testimony of Jesus Christ and His love every month of the year....and not just at the Christmas season only.

May God bless you richly, as you consider His word encouraging us to reach out to those in crisis and in need.  You can make a difference in the life of SOMEONE at this time! And always remember that the mercy you SOW, is the same measure of mercy you shall someday REAP through God's grace.

NO matter how destitute I may find myself at various times and seasons in my life, I always remind myself to put God's word into action throughout my life and remember to take the time to love and to GIVE of such as I have to others in crisis.

And NEVER has God failed to provide for ME, as I helped provide for the needs of OTHERS for His glory throughout my life. For example...

Earlier this evening, I responded to a job interview to care for a woman, Nicole, paralyzed from the neck down by an accident. She appeared very weak as I spoke to her, as she lay in her bed at her home. "I know I need good vitamins, but I simply cannot afford to buy them anymore..." she told me as we talked. I asked her what kind she preferred. She mentioned "NOW, " an excellent brand of multivitamins at quality health food stores.

She did not know that I had been praying earlier for God to show me who He wanted me to bless especially this season, and once again, I KNEW this person was THE ONE. "I will be going to the health food store tomorrow to pick up something, but I just can't afford the vitamins at this time..." she said.

Following the interview with her, I went to the closest local health food store in this area, and bought her a bottle of the vitamins, plus another item she requested. I told my friends at the health food store (Withey's in Kalispell, an excellent health food store) to put her name on the bag that contained the vitamins, and to give them to her when she came in the next day. 

I left the store feeling very happy. What joy you can experience in  showing forth the love of God through Jesus Christ to others! No, I don't have a regular full time job as of yet. And I only have 1/3 of the funds needed to fully purchase the RV I mentioned in the previous article. BUT, I ALWAYS have enough grace and funds to obey God's word and to bless others that He leads me to! God always supplies for His kingdom and purposes.

Please join me in prayer for Nicole. Her situation is very sad. She is not a Believer ...yet. I shared my testimony with her during that interview, in fact. Pray for Jesus to encounter her life in a very special way!

At this wondrous time of the year, may God lead you to those people He wants you to reach out to as well.It may be someone homeless, or sick or elderly, or unsaved,or afflicted. 

Won't you allow HIS love to work through your loving and giving, and make a great difference in today's tragic world???

-Pamela Rae Schuffert-

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."~Jesus Christ