What’s a confession? I’m not talking about a Catholic sitting down with his priest and telling him all he’s done wrong. Confession is anything we say with our mouth, right? Well, what God has been telling me lately has me rethinking this. And, honestly, for a long time I’ve known in part what He’s saying; I just didn’t admit it, or maybe I overlooked this aspect of it. The question God asked me is, what’s your blog saying for you?
I’ve just finished reading a book by “Brother Yun” (Liu Zhenying) entitled The Heavenly Man. It is a story of hardship, trial, affliction, persecution, suffering … all for the cause of Christ. Beginning near the end of his story, and then going back all the way to the initial introduction of the Gospel to modern-day China, Yun describes in vivid detail how his own life has been riddled with torture at the hand of the Chinese government. It is a story you won’t soon forget.
When I was nine years old God spoke to me in a time of prayer and told me, “I want you to be a missionary to China.” This was the first time I audibly heard the voice of God. From that day on I have set forth to obey the command of God to go to China. My entire thrust has been in that direction, actively seeking the plan of God every step of the way. That is what led me to Thailand, to train further for that day when I will finally enter China and serve as a missionary, carrying the Cross of Christ to that land.
I suppose that is what many missionaries think, that God is waiting for the “Bamboo Curtain” to fall before sending in the flood of missionaries. And that may well happen; there probably will be a mighty thrust of the Gospel into Asia if Communism falls. But God hasn’t waited for it. In fact, He’s been working in Asia for over one hundred years already. Behind closed borders the Gospel is spreading like wildfire.
Just noticed that Patti got a new dog for the kids for Christmas. Her name is Buddy, because her kids adored the movie “Air Bud.”
~Jonathan
I took this after walking out of the room I was staying in at Patti’s house. The next two pics are of the same sunrise.
A story about my life as a missionary in Thailand.
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