Amazing

I can not begin to explain the feeling of overwhelming awe I have for Jesus since Sept. 25,

2013. If you have not heard, there is a man who was born in Iran but a citizen of America living in Boise, Idaho with his wife and two children. He went to Iran to build an orphanage and while there, he was sentenced to 8 years in the notorious Evin Prison. This man is Pastor Saeed Abedini.

I was made aware of Saeed through my Pastor at our church who actually had the  privaledge 

to meet Saeed and his wife Naghmeh a few years back. We have been praying for him and his family ever since. Long story short, September 26, 2013 was the one year anniversary of Saeed being put in jail. 400 days away from his family, his wife, his children. And on that day, there was a world wide prayer vigil going on.

Which leads me to the overwhelming awe and amazement I felt on the day before. As usual, I pray

before I go to sleep and that night, as I prayed, I realized, though it was still the 25th for me, it was the 26th in other places around the world and at that second, someone somewhere was praying for Saeed. I had a hard time going to sleep. 

 When I woke up, someone in another place was praying and this went on all day. My heart

fully understood the verse in 1 Corinthians 12 verse 26. "If one part of our body hurts, we hurt all over, If one part of our body is honored, the whole body will be happy." I have heard this verse so many times and I grasped it....but something was different...I could feel the world praying for Saeed, for all those persecuted, I could feel it in my body. I could feel joy and strength coming from when HIS people pray!

I do not know the outcome, and I may never know, but I do know, the day after, our

President, President Obama, made his first plea to the Iranian President to free Saeed. The first time! Wow. I do know how humbled and blessed Naghmeh was at the amount of people around the world from the US to Germany to Jerusalem to Africa praying together in one accord. I do know that I grasped a little bit more what heaven will be like. I also grasped what it means to be a disciple, to lay your life down, and I am so in love with God, so in love with this God who loves us so much, who created all things, who is in control of all things. I love you Jesus! 

So, if you would like to know more about Saeed, please research. Write letters, pray. I will provide some information for you! ACLJ.org is a great place to sign petitions, to sign letters, to read up on info. If you want to write to Saeed or Naghmeh, look her up on Facebook or email me and I will help you get the info you need!