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Message of the Week
Raiders for Christ Weekly Scripture: "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." Matthew 1:21 He laid a spiritual foundation and led her to make a commitment to God...The story of Jesus birth is told in a beautiful and simple way. The manifestation that took place by the movement of the Holy Spirit in the Life of a young women referred to as a virgin. Mary's story of motherhood in the Biblical accounts can sure replicate a mother's influence today as women lay out a spiritual foundation for their children, eventually to be encouraged by the Lord to seek the Kingdom and God's will for their lives. Today countless women have endured the pain and blessings of motherhood, the numerous stories that exit in this world are many... I wanted to share this story that I recently heard of a mothers obligation and responsibility to seek God's will for her children. It was a blessing to hear her story from her son, and I hope it will bless you too. This story could have taken place just about anywhere in this world or at any time in history, we've seen and heard the stories of families being separated throughout the history of this world, one can reflect on the horror of the holocaust or the injustice in America where slaves in their effort to escape the bondage of slavery, love one's where left behind never to be seen again. This young man's testimony and tribute to his mother has a similar nature of human separation... The Place, Tijuana, B.C. Mexico, Dad leave's for the United States in 1987 to the land of opportunity... Many of us that live in the southwest part of the United States have seen this pattern where the man leaves for America to prepare a place for his family, whether it's Mexico or any other foreign country. A couple of years pass, Mom doesn't hear from dad? In her desperation and love for her husband, she makes a bold move and travels to America with her two young children, love can sometimes blind us into making hasty and difficult decisions. In the southern part of America, during the days of slavery they had what they called the Underground Railroad where many where smuggled to freedom, the similarities exist today along the U.S. Mexican and Canadian border it was prohibited then, until slavery was forbidden. On the other hand today "Love knows no boundaries" as they approached San Diego, California the uncertainty of what to expect, as this young man shared his story I came to the conclusion he was sharing through the eyes of a child, I could see his hurt and frustration and brokenness in his heart when he said they crossed the border through an underground drainage ditch, recalling the disgusting odor being so overwhelmed by it then being able to see the city lights of San Diego from a distance, his mother whispered to him and his sister that's where your father is living? "Let's Go" It took sometime to locate their father he was found to be in Los Angeles, CA. and not San Diego, this young man's expression of finally we get to see "DAD" This Love story took an unexpected turn! This dad, that this young man yearned to see, turned to sorrow quickly the decision that his father made to abandon them and start a new family, to say to his wife from Mexico I never asked you to come here! "Go Back" was his only statement... this young lady of 20-years of age in 1989 was devastated, the hardship of parenting and supporting her two kids was overwhelming her blessing at that particular time in her life was that she had a relationship with almighty God, here's the awesome thing about the Lord He knew her in Mexico as well as in this foreign country? The land of milk and honey! Quickly the Lord moves she's united with a long lost sister that she only had heard of they fall in love they become the best of friends. Living accommodations where difficult at first, living in the garage was a blessing, just to have a roof over your head one must be thankful? eventually room was made for them in the house, as time past they found a place of their own living above a grocery store in a one-bed room studio apartment his mother worked at a vans/shoe manufacturing company, clothes always seem to be in short supply with his family but never when it came to having shoes? The recollection of this young man's mother where many... on many occasions Mom did not have enough for the monthly rent, so Mom would take them on a bus ride around Orange County that would last all day long? to avoid the landlord! or when they would attend church, he thought church was a bad place? He said Pastor Mando, my mother would always pray for my dad and just cry through the service! I was young I didn't understand it! "Holidays and Birthdays where difficult on many occasions my Mom didn't have enough money for diapers for my sisters or for food much less gifts or toys, but one thing I know God always put people in my Mom's path to help us. this young man's most memorable moment was when his mother would gather the family to pray under this picture of Jesus and the disciples, this young man is now 22-years of age, he confessed that he had wondered from the Lord... He said Pastor, I did something yesterday that I have not done for sometime? My response "Yah! Kid what's that, I Prayed last night, for my family. I'm here to share my mothers story... "Happy Mother Day! "Mom" I Love you, Your Son Oscar... Let's Pray: Father God; first we give You praise and glory for our Lords Mother Mary Thank You for touching her heart to bring up our Savior, baby Jesus according to Your Will, I Pray for all the Mother's of this world that have set Your spiritual foundation upon their young, I pray for the fathers that have made a decision to wonder from Your glory, I call upon the Holy Spirit to bring a burden upon them to make it right with the families they have abandon, according to Your Will. I Pray in Jesus Name. Amen... Pastor Mando
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