This is the time...leave nothing to chance.

I don’t know what it will take to get you to read this entire blog. All I know is that I have to write it. Why? Does my life depend upon it? No.

          Yours does. 

And that's why I feel compelled to write this.

I love you. You are important to me. You and I have been through a part of life together and I care about you. This all may come as a shock to you, but it’s the truth. If I didn’t care, I would just sit back and say nothing. So if you choose to stop reading, that’s up to you. I know I have done my part and have no regrets in saying what I have to say.  If you choose not to read it, I hope you will save it to read at a later time when you will be prompted by circumstances to read it. I also suggest you print it just in case you do not have access to a computer when you want to know…What did she say? Again, I do this because you are important to me. I want you to know you are loved and I care about you.

As you know the times we are living in seem to be spiraling out of control. If you are watching the news, or on social media to any degree, you can’t help but see something is going on. Some of you may be frightened. Others may be taking a laissez-faire attitude. Some may think it doesn’t really affect you. I urge you, think again!

The key points to this message (as time may be running out and I may be losing you):

• You are loved
• Your life has a purpose
• You are not an accident, a mistake, or unimportant
• You matter to me, you matter to God, and probably many others
• You have been and are being prayed for
• You have a choice to make and it is a life or death choice to make NOW

The important thing is time is running out and I want you to have a chance to make a change so that you can avoid the mayhem that is coming.

I want to share with you what’s going on and what you can do about it. You may think I’m that crazy, funny old lady that is a bit too religious. I AM! Ever wonder why I am? First, I need to clear one thing up. I am not ‘religious’, I am faithful and there is a big difference.

I know you have heard what I have to say before. You may have not LISTENED to it. You may have REJECTED it. I am sure you have had someone else try to share this with you, but for one reason or another you have buried it, or just not dealt with it, because you didn’t believe you had to. YOU HAVE TO! This world as we know it is coming to a close...things are about to change --drastically. Therefore, you need to act NOW.

The most important thing I have to say to you and I am saying it right now because it is the most important thing you will ever hear. You HAVE TO KNOW Christ as your Lord and Savior to get out of this mess and avoid the calamity that is coming.

Have I lost you? Hope not. In faith, I write on.

I am sure you have at least heard about Jesus...but were you listening??? Who do think he is/was? Some think he was either a good teacher, a liar, or delusional...OR he was who he said he was: The Son of the Living God. 


If you say you don't believe in God, I challenge you to explain to me how you are here. How is anything here? Why is anything or anyone here? Think about that. If you want a real challenge ask God these questions. Tell him you don't believe in him. Tell Him why. Tell him what your beef is with him and wait and watch how he answers. But back to my purpose for writing...

We all know deep down inside we are not perfect. Even if we think we have not done anything worthy of really hurting anyone, we do realize we are not PERFECT. Right?

Have you ever wondered if anyone cares if we are not perfect? And what is perfect anyway?

Most of us care, God cares... not so much that we are perfect --as WE define perfection. Do you have any idea what his definition is of perfection? When we are in right standing with God he sees us as perfect. That's the way HE defines perfection.

He knows you better than you know yourself. He loves you more than you will ever know. He created you. He gives you choice so you are not a robot that can be commanded to do what he says to do. But his hope is that you would love him and trust him enough to make the choice to follow him and receive the gift he offers you.

• What gift?
• When did he offer it to you?
• Why?
• What if you don’t want it?
• What if you do?

The gift is his son, Jesus Christ. Jesus was offered to you at the cross as a sacrifice when he died to take away the sin of the world. He did this because we needed a way to repair our imperfection which affected the relationship between us and God that was broken at the Fall. The Fall was when Adam and Eve chose to disobey God and sin came into the world. Up to Jesus’ time, mankind was in a downward spiral, separate from God, unable to have full relationship with Him. God is not able to accept sin. He accepts sacrifice. Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice for us. When Jesus died he opened the door for us to come back into relationship with God. We still are given the choice to accept Jesus as our sacrifice or not. If we do, the relationship is repaired and we have God’s blessing for eternity. If we don’t want it – it is our choice – we will not have a relationship with Him and will not have His blessing for ETERNITY!

How does all this affect you? ETERNALLY. You may go on with your life thinking you have control over all you say and do. You may think you don’t need God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit to guide you and bring you to Heaven. That you are a good person. You are wrong. Sorry. That’s it plain and simple.

You see at the Fall, God gave the world over to the evil one…Satan. He controls this world, he controls you. He does not and cannot control those that are in Christ. He just can’t because God is in them/us. Satan wants you to believe you are in control of your life. He wants you to believe that there is nothing after this life. He wants you to believe you just live as best you can in this world and then you are gone. Nothing else…BUT I ASK you, what if you and he are wrong? I am sure you would want to know, and you would want to know if you can do anything about it. I am writing this to say YOU CAN!

It must be done BEFORE you leave this world. What must you do? Ask Jesus to come into your life. Once you do you are 'perfect' (God's definition, remember) or in right standing with God. Go ahead and ask Him to prove Himself to you. I did. He did. And I can never go back to the way I was. So I will live on as that crazy, funny, FAITH-FULL old lady until I leave this earth. The mayhem I spoke of earlier has already started and I believe God promises to remove us before it gets much, much worse. I pray that is true. I don't want to be here. I hope and pray it will be true for you too and that you will be with me there in Heaven. There is an alternative and you do have a choice…as God implores: Choose LIFE!

I have been and will be praying for you. If you have any questions, I am here for you. Email me at TheBlessingBell at gmail. Or message me on FB or IM me for my phone #.

Love and Blessings,

JoAnn