Who decides the value of man

At times we believe that our value systems in life are already formed and ready. Many of them are formed in our upbringing from our families and our surrounding circumstances. Life is also like a school and our value systems are being tested. When we believe that they are unshakeable, we find ourselves in situations when we loose our footholds and are searching for the solid foundation of our belief systems.

Who am I to question a husbands abundance of love to his unconscious wife, week after week, month after month. Who am I to judge the hopeless or someone not being worthy to be wasted energy on. If I set myself above life, then I set myself in a position which do not belong to me but to God.

Back to the solid rock foundation: That God so loved the world that He sent His own Son Jesus, so that whoever believes in Him will not be lost by have eternal life. God loves and seeks out the lost. God loves the hopeless and those who think they are worthless. For Him every individual is invaluably precious, whether born or unborn, unconscious or dying, healthy or sick, weak or strong, working or retired.

On the shelf it says: ‘’ Fixed Price’’ (unbargainable). On the pricetag: ‘’Invaluable Price’’. And on the stamp right across our lives says ‘’ Bought & Paid in full!’’ by the Blood of the Son of God. Here is no Half Price! and No Sale!

Yes!! This is GOOD!! Love Anna

Blessed Christmas

From sunny, cold and snowy Bleket

Wish you
a Meaningful
Christmas 2010
&
a Blessed Year 2011

We are now in Sweden, and … we find it helpful and “healthy” to be connected and active in Sweden this year.

It is cold in Sweden these days. The subject Light has challenged us the last weeks. We all need physical light, mental light and spiritual light.

”In Him was life and the life was the light of man.”
”And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it”.

Have a warm Jesus-Christmas

Ingvar & Anna

See each other.....thank God.... take courage

“ ……see each other….. thank God together …….take courage…. “ is indeed needed for all of us. We are right now together with 33 adults and 26 children from the work of InterAct in Asia.

We have a vary good time together and ….. there is much encouragment avaliable from each other and from God himself.
Ingvar.

......one day when we look back

Have been thinking of.... one day, looking at my life, what will I see?

I am in the age when this question comes from time to time: What have I done with my life? I believe it is a good thing to ponder upon this question. Not too long, but when it comes, take hold of it and if there are things or life tracks which needs a little adjusting: DO IT! - that's a GOOD thing to do.

But it is good to count the blessings, remember the call, the visions and directions God has given from time to time. Look at the fruit. Hear God speak through lives one has touched.

Love Anna

PS The pic. is from the this summer with the grandchildren.

Angels and I had a fun day today

I rose early today to reach the small town of Muang Li before the church service started in the morning. Two of Tree of Life Ministry team live in M. Li and yesterday they invited me to preach in the church they are attending. I decided to walk out of my comfort zone and preach in Thai. It was so much fun and the best of all were the 2 women who wanted to know the Jesus who didn't reject the sinful woman in Luke 7. There were several other who came for various needs. So the angels in heaven and I rejoiced together.

We continued to visit an orphanage which I was introduced to less than 2 years ago. Then it was a dry land without hardly anything growing on it. Now there was such a transformation, flowers and trees and other plantations and the 50 children were also thriving. The precious couple who have taken in these children see miracle after miracle happen and Gods faithfulness to them.

I wish every orphanage would be like that. So this has been a GOOD day, with much encouragement.

Love Anna

Photo 1 The little church in M. Li

Photo 2 TOL team members living in M. Li

I will post the photos of the orphanage later.

Hand-in-Hand, Side-by-Side

To be able to work Hand in Hand, Side by Side with the nationals in different countries – that is a great blessing. I enjoy more and more to see how the nationals step up, take the lead and together we can continue forward complementing each other with differant gifts. Now I am 21 days in India. Ingvar

10 days in Pakistan

I am now in Pakistan visiting projects, mainly the flood rehabilitation projects we have in north and in south/middle of the country. Again I am shaken of the distress and hardship the poor people come under in floods like this. But in midst of hardship I can see that many can help each other and also receiving help from God himself. New hope and new peace is there in midst of it all. Ingvar.