Sari @sarikorpi@dingdash.com

"May God in His mercy lead us through these times: but above all, may He lead us to himself".

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"This is what I mean, brothers: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they did not mourn, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they did not own a thing, and those who use the things in this world as though they were not dependent on them. For the world in its present form is passing away."
1. Cor. 7: 29-31.

Look to Jesus! Cling on to Him! Make Him your absolute and ultimate goal! This world is fading. Our hearts should be so sealed in Him, so that whatever we do, have or own in this life, it won't shake or distract us away from the Rock we're standing on. By standing firmly on that Rock, Jesus, we are showing the Light to people around us to also join us there. To find true life. And that Rock will NEVER shake.

https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-699049

The lyrics of the song in English:

Hail Ukraine! May your honour ring out, as a cry for the dawning tomorrow!

May your strength and the flame of your love demand, make a free land!

Proud Ukrain! Do not falter now!

The dawn of the nations will come one day.

Calmly and steadily repel your peril,

or flash fire if need be!

Beautiful Ukraine, the salt of nations!

You have the flag and we have the road.

With you in the storm stand Finland and Poland,

Also Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Forwards, Ukraine! You are not a slave, if you yourself wish and want it.

Do you hear the choir great and graceful like the sea of nations fading?

New Ukraine, wonderful, vast!

You wide streams glimmer,

And in your purple flowers of freedom blossom

Mordovia, Grusinia, Perm and the rest!

The time has come for the peoples of Europe to rise; break the chains imposed by the Tzars!

Shine; Ukraine! Ready your bow,

shine the road of Republics to come!

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/terve-ukraina-hail-ukraine.html

In Helsinki, Finland, outside the Russian Embassy, gathered a group of people couple of days ago to show their support to Ukraine. The choir sang a 100-year old song called "Terve Ukraina" (Hello Ukraine) written originally by Finnish poemist Eino Leino. Finland was standing then, and likewise is standing today, beside Ukraine.

https://m.facebook.com/kupliva

(It's the latest video on the page)

I received (yesterday) this forwarded message from a sister in Christ in Finnish, and again my own translation of it to English:

"We got a message yesterday from our friend in Kiev:
I want to encourage you with the words of our known soldiers and of other common people who are coming from different warfronts. They tell:
"We feel your prayers. Sometimes happens something very inexplicable, like an invisible hand really would direct the bullets and other ammunitions away from us so that they fly us by. We get victories in very difficult situations, like if someone was guiding them. We become invisible to our enemy, but we self can see them in complete darkness so that we know what and how to react. All of this is giving us courage and strenght. We believe that the Lord Jesus himself is protecting Ukraine. We ask you, please, don't quit your prayers, but keep on praying. We need you!"

The coming night and tomorrow day are critical moments. At stake is everything, what the whole civilisized world believes and what it has built so far.

With tears in our eyes we request you, no matter on what time zone you are in, to spend time in prayer and fasting in front of God. 🙏

Pray the Lord to protect us from insane armies, which wants to mock at the cost of faith and God's truth.

We ask you to share this message to all your friends, relatives and acquaintances in Europe, Asia, America and all over the world!

Prayer is stronger than the strongest enemy🙏🙏🙏!

Your brothers and sisters from Ukraine 💙💛