We arrived in China just days after the giant earthquake hit Sichuan Province measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale with the original quake being felt up to one thousand miles from its epicenter. This country, and its people, were shaken to the very core of their being asking: Why did this happened? What does this mean for me personally? What is the meaning of life if everything that I thought was important could be taken from me in such an abrupt manner? People lost their only child, their homes, their livelihoods, any trace of the history of their villages, and sometimes their entire extended families. Earthquakes aren’t the only things that shake our world… Although Ann and her husband raised their children in the church and pray for them daily, one of their daughters ran away from home, dancing in a club in a nearby town. Little did they know that this club was a front for prostitution Peg fears for her life every night when her husband comes home from work… she is ashamed to admit to anyone that her husband beats and abuses her; especially when everyone at church thinks they have such a nice family. Mary knows that she is next on the list of people to have to lose her job at the place where she works and she is petrified for what that will mean for her family. If she loses her home, where will they live? The Christians that we met in China faced the earthquake filled with courage to use this opportunity to share Jesus with everyone they met, yet, fear also moved many to wonder if God had turned from them. We sat in a group of 400 university students as a young pastor encouraged them with Isaiah 54:10 (TNIV) … “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken, nor my covenant of peace be removed says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” This compassion isn’t extended only to people who experience horrendous things in other parts of the world. No, this compassion is for all of us! It’s for the things that we face daily. This compassion is for those who live around us whose lives have been shaken to their very core. This compassion is for those who live under the rubble caused by the things that came down around them in their own personal earthquakes. Volume 7, Issue 6 June 1, 2015 The Newsletter of Village Green Baptist Church Life on the Green PAGE 1 LIFE ON THE GREEN VOLUME 7, ISSUE 6 ~Linda J. Weber
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We arrived in China just days after the giant
earthquake hit Sichuan Province measuring 8.0 on
the Richter scale with the original quake being felt up
to one thousand miles from its epicenter. This
country, and its people, were shaken to the very core
of their being asking: Why did this happened? What
does this mean for me personally? What is the
meaning of life if everything that I thought was
important could be taken from me in such an abrupt
manner? People lost their only child, their homes,
their livelihoods, any trace of the history of their
villages, and sometimes their entire extended
families.
Earthquakes aren’t the only things that shake our world…
Although Ann and her husband raised their children in the church and pray for them daily, one of
their daughters ran away from home, dancing in a club in a nearby town. Little did they know that
this club was a front for prostitution
Peg fears for her life every night when her husband comes home from work… she is ashamed to
admit to anyone that her husband beats and abuses her; especially when everyone at church thinks
they have such a nice family.
Mary knows that she is next on the list of people to have to lose her job at the place where she works
and she is petrified for what that will mean for her family. If she loses her home, where will they live?
The Christians that we met in China faced the earthquake filled with courage to use this opportunity to
share Jesus with everyone they met, yet, fear also moved many to wonder if God had turned from them.
We sat in a group of 400 university students as a young pastor encouraged them with Isaiah 54:10
(TNIV) … “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will
not be shaken, nor my covenant of peace be removed says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
This compassion isn’t extended only to people who experience horrendous
things in other parts of the world. No, this compassion is for all of us! It’s for
the things that we face daily. This compassion is for those who live around us
whose lives have been shaken to their very core. This compassion is for
those who live under the rubble caused by the things that came down around
them in their own personal earthquakes.
Volume 7, Issue 6
June 1, 2015
The News let ter o f V i l lage Green Bapt i s t Church