I feel so blessed this year! Being part of this family is
way more than I expected. The book discussions, the meals with the staff
members, the life on life experiences and the trips have been so encouraging
for my personal and spiritual life! Yesterday, for example, ISEEDERs and
Apprentices went together to the Creation Museum in Cincinnati. It was an
amazing time to learn more about Creationism and Evolutionism, the social
consequences of Darwin’s theories on our society, and see the story told by a
different prospective. Even if interesting, that was not what stood out to me. On
the way back, in fact, we watched a movie “Behind the gates of splendor”, a
moving documentary of the martyr of five missionaries, Ed McCully, Roger
Youderian, Nate Saint, Pete Fleming and Jim Elliot in Ecuador in 1956.
The day they decided to go meet the people of a tribe they
were happy and confident that that was the plan of the Lord for their lives.
Even if that tribe was known as one of the most cruel and merciless of the
region, they were not scared. They were ready to share the good news. They
said: “We will not use our guns even if they will attack us. We are ready to
meet God, they are not”. Wow. This sentence has been echoing in my head since
yesterday. This shows unconditional love, that kind of love that lays down
one’s life for one’s friends (John 15:13).
You could argue for hours (as I have been arguing) about all the
reasons why these guys should have not ventured out in the Amazon forest in
such a dangerous situations. They had a wife and children. They were young.
They had dreams, hopes and abilities. They had a life ahead. And yet, they decided
to give God their utmost for His glory. Not a little, neither a good part, but all.
They knew that they had no reason to be afraid of those who can kill the body
but cannot kill the soul. They instead submitted themselves to the One who can
destroy both soul and body in hell (Matthew 10:28).
Their amazing example follows the steps of Christ and His unselfish love. Am I willing to give everything up to fulfill the great mission? Are you?
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