After 15 flights, 7 countries, hundreds of meals from street vendors, and too many hostel rooms to count, we can say that we haven’t lost any luggage or missed any flights!! Besides the occasional sore throat and mild bout of diarrhea, we haven’t been sick either! That’s pretty amazing considering some of the street stalls we’ve eaten from!! All this is to say that God is good and all these things have happened because of Him. He most definitely is taking care of us!!
We have continued vision to keep on the track that is set before us. We feel strongly that God is guiding us in direction and timing of where we go.
~R
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
perspectives on life
Well today I felt like I was brought back into the old testament a bit. Not that it is was uncivilized or ancient, but just the truth of it shining through the centuries.
"You shall have no other god's before me. You shall not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.You shall not bow down to them or worship them".
Never before have those words really meant so much. We think of idols as maybe to much TV or maybe Micheal Jordan or something. Not that those can't be "idols", but true idols do exist and are used by the enemy for his purposes. Today we saw the emerald buddha, and "his" temple and worshipers. Sitting there in front of him I just felt this darkness and oppresion, and really felt the spirtual battle. In the land of Thai's there are approximately 66 million people with 95% claiming to be buddist, and seeing this devoted worship really brings it home. Our fight is not against Buddists but against the power that blinds them from seeing the truth.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
When we see the world through those perspectives, what is actually real and important is brought home.
C
"You shall have no other god's before me. You shall not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.You shall not bow down to them or worship them".
Never before have those words really meant so much. We think of idols as maybe to much TV or maybe Micheal Jordan or something. Not that those can't be "idols", but true idols do exist and are used by the enemy for his purposes. Today we saw the emerald buddha, and "his" temple and worshipers. Sitting there in front of him I just felt this darkness and oppresion, and really felt the spirtual battle. In the land of Thai's there are approximately 66 million people with 95% claiming to be buddist, and seeing this devoted worship really brings it home. Our fight is not against Buddists but against the power that blinds them from seeing the truth.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
When we see the world through those perspectives, what is actually real and important is brought home.
C
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