Good evening True Life in God friends everywhere from Laura Panayotou in Athens.  Our much anticipated pilgrimage to the Holy Land is about to start and I am excitedly preparing and packing, praying and now blogging!  This is my first ever blog and, whilst reading the instructions, I noticed advice on how to “spread the word” on some additional functionality.  But we are here to spread the beautiful Word of God!  What a privilege to have encountered it personally through the stirring Messages of True Life In God.  Through them we are inspired to redirect our focus from the thousands of details which encumber our everyday lives, to spend time spiritually with Jesus, to feel His presence and companionship, His unconditional love and support.  The pilgrimages always make me think of the diversity in Noah’s Ark – an enormous range of nationalities reflecting so many branches of the Christian tree, united in love of God and neighbour, sharing so much joy.  These words from the Blessed Mother seem particularly appropriate as we journey to the Holy Land:  “peace be with you, beloved children; allow Me to remind you that the Lord knows each heart; the Lord is in search of your heart; come to Him with a pure heart and He shall teach you; the Lord shall comfort your soul, He shall lead you in His Path and in the Truth; I beg you, you who still waver, do not shut your hearts to reason; return to the Lord and He will return to you; a Joy from Heaven will now descend among you, a Light will shine in the midst of you; be prepared to receive this Light, be prepared to meet the Lord;”  (TLIG 25^th September,1990)