I do not know where to begin...I do not know what to say...so I will start with I am tired.  I am not tired because I stayed up too late playing dominoes...even though I did.  I am not tired because my sleep was interrupted with intrusive dreams...even though they were.  I am not tired because my body is sore and I could not find a comfortable position to lay in all night...even though I could not.

I am tired because I have spent the night weeping and praying.  I am tired because my heart is aching and I am not quite certain what to do with the heartache.  My heart is aching for Moatza Ezorit Sdot Negev, Netivot, Ashdod, Beer Sheva, Moatza Ezorit Merhavim, Hatzerim and many more.  Do not worry, as I had never heard of any of these places until around 1:00 pm yesterday afternoon myself.  You see, these are all places in Israel who have been bombed since that time yesterday.  Allow me to explain how I have this information.

Yesterday July 29, 2014 at 1:00 pm, I decided to make myself more aware of what was going on in Israel by downloading "Red Alert" onto my IPhone.  "Red Alert" blares a siren each time Hamas launches a missile into Israel and those cities I mentioned above are their targets.  Since I downloaded that app, Hamas has launched 36 missiles into those cities.  At first I was becoming more aware, then the Holy Spirit grabbed my heart and asked me to start praying each time the siren blared on my phone and now on July 30th at 7:00 am and 36 missiles later, I AM WORN.

Just since midnight, there have been 16 missiles launched!  Each time the siren would blare, I began praying for the Peace of Israel.  However that prayer, "Lord, I pray for the Peace of Israel" became more and more real to me.  Suddenly I realized that I was not only praying for peace for a nation, albeit the most beloved nation in God's eyes; but, I was praying for peace of a People...God's CHOSEN..."O seed of Israel His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!"   I Chronicles 16:13  People God has set His heart on and has called out....the apple of His eye!  There are so many people in each of these cities who have not come to know Jesus their Messiah!  Oh, how blessed I have felt in the past 18 hours that I know their Messiah and that He has grafted me into the Vine.

I also began to feel the panic that I am certain they have felt each time that siren blared for them!  Panic that, if they have felt safe to leave their shelters, they have had to run to them again and again for safety.  Panic for the elderly who are unable, for many reasons, to make it into their shelters.  Grief for those who may have been injured or killed in attempts to get to their shelters.  I have also felt overwhelmed by the magnitude of their panic and heartache.

I am not going to turn the app off on my IPhone...how could I now?  I am going to continue to pray for the Peace of Israel...Peace of a People...Salvation for a CHOSEN one.  Since I began writing this blog at 7:00 am and it is now 8:00 am, 3 more missiles have been launched...one in Moatza Ezorit Eshkol, one in Moatza Ezorit Shaar Hanegeve and one in Ashkelon...and three more in my heart.  I pray God will continue to penetrate my heart with those missiles.  Shalom