Alone
Quiet rippling waves talking to me with words only they knew but touching me with peace. - KP Yohannan Standing aloneon the deck of the shiplooking into the skyfull of stars. The ocean was calma gentle breeze cametouching my facein the silence of the night. Quiet...
Walk in Jesus’ Shoes and Live in Prayer for the Countless Unreached
When I first came to the United States, I visited a large, well-known church where the pastor announced an evening prayer meeting. I came early that night, genuinely concerned that I might not find a place in the sanctuary. Serving on the mission field, I had learned...
Raining Again
It is monsoon again I sit alone on my bed looking through the window watching the downpour. It is late afternoon the sky is angry and dark the wind is blowing strong a tree branch has fallen. Lightning shoots through the sky thunder roars the earth shakes I am scared....
Seeds You Sow
A tiny seed in the ground below I watched for weeks until it sprouted. Inch by inch the tiny plant grew Now leaves, now twigs for it was a teakwood tree. Time moved on fast fifty years passed Now a mighty tree under its shadow I sit. A seed of habit you sow now no...
What Kind of Books Are You Reading?
Many years ago, while visiting China, I was shocked when I learned that hundreds of church congregations in China are without even one copy of the Bible to share among themselves. They are without any kind of Christian books, and still today in many other parts of the...
My Wardrobe
I opened the door to my wardrobe to get a shirt that matched my suit. Among the expensive bright lovely clothes an old shirt peeked through that was faded and used. Gray and old collar torn holes everywhere stitches out. It has been there for twenty years hung unused...
Temptation
The line is thrown with the bait on the hook by the fishermen to catch a fish. The hook and the bait are custom made for the kind of fish he wants to trap. There is pleasure in sin for a season at least if you go for the pleasure you are caught with a hook. Temptation...
More Important
A two-story mansion was their home Rich in affluence they had all in this world Servants they had to do everything. Occasionally beggars came asking for help. One day a blind beggar came by the gate with his wife holding his hand. He got some help and they walked away...
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