I have nothing to add to these two stories ... Suffice to say I trust the integrity of the source. I only publish these to give you the opportunity to "see" what God is doing around the world to draw people to Himself ... you may disagree with them, or you may have another plausible explanation - that is fine. What matters is what God is doing in someone's life due to the external circumstances as much as the external circumstances themselves .... He is at work to bring forth eternal life!
Each story raises a lot of questions for me ... As I hope they do for you! God's blessing and favouritism, the use of seemingly mundane human action to draw someone to Himself, why send a flood in the first place? Etc etc. It is good to ask questions, and please don't be afraid to ask God directly!
A Christian family’s experience after the devastating flood which affected 68 of Thailand’s 77 provinces: they saw their field of tapioca completely destroyed. They had photos taken of the damage in order to claim compensation, but when they started digging, they were amazed to find a bumper crop whereas all the other fields around them were destroyed!
A Bedouin patient repeatedly tells everyone that he has been to all sorts of doctors who did not respect him, took his money, and it did not cure him. At one hospital he has not paid a penny, has been treated with love, respect and he has been cured. He acknowledges that it is Jesus who healed him and wants to follow him. But... when he returns to his village where he will be the only follower of Christ.
This year I am celebrating my silver wedding anniversary ... Just for something to do I have begun to sketch all the houses we have lived in during that time. So here is house number #3 On our return to the UK we were faced with the question that faces all people in transition, what next? For us, we were encouraged by our friends to investigate further training and opted to spend a year with Kerygma ministries. We joined with a group of some 20 other people from various different cultures and backgrounds to join the ministry led by Dr Bob Gordon, based at Drayton Hall near Norwich. We spent one year here, between September 1993 and July 1994. Significant events that took place here included: Suffered reverse culture shock, as I grappled with the transition from life in a mudhut in Africa to life in the UK in a Manor House! (Struggled with the amount of money being spent on a sign that was being placed outside ...
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