Thank God for the not-so-little boat that could — and did because, at our inception as the movement of God, the people of God reflected the heart of God by taking risks, even as Jesus did to save mankind because of God’s love for all people. My prayer is, “Please, come, Holy Spirit, help us lay aside every weight especially avarice, division and confusion and revive us again.” Then, as the quote above expresses, do bring about a reformation of our practices relative to the way we treat one another that is as sustained and as everlasting as the gospel, because it began, not in our heads, but rather, within our hearts. (Eph 1:9-10) 

Maurice R. Valentine 

President

Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventist