God lives and works today.
If you can witness to his reality in
your everyday relationships with people, you are really
fortunate.
But what if just the opposite is true?
Listen to the testimony in today's meditation called,
How the Turning Point Came.
When I came from Switzerland and entered the
sisterhood in 1968, there were sisters from Holland,
Finland, Sweden and Germany who also joined the
sisterhood at the same time.
I'm not a very sociable type, and soon
I thought I couldn't live with my sisters
from these different countries.
The Dutch sisters seemed to me to be
so loud, the Finnish sister was so slow,
and the Swedish one so inefficient.
And the way my German sisters could talk,
how could I ever put up with them?
A turning point had to come.
But with my nature, it was inconceivable that
the problem would ever be solved.
Previously, if I didn't like people, I would
just stay out of their way.
But here, there was no escape.
And then the turning point came.
Jesus told me the truth about myself.
He showed me my pride and stubbornness.
Now the faults of my sisters no longer
bother me.
When I look at my own sin of
pride, everything else seems insignificant, and I can
only be astonished and grateful that my sisters
have put up with me for so long.
Now I no longer need to look at
the faults of my sisters and let them
bother me.
No, now I can love my sisters.
Only the Lord Jesus could do such a
thing.
If He had not set me free, I
could never live in a fellowship with other
people.
Ever anew I praise Him for this wonder.
God's love doesn't have any barriers.
He calls to all of us, Come, follow
me.
Don't erect any barriers between yourself and other
people.
Don't set a limit to your love, no
matter what the other person has done to
you.
By doing so, you erect a barrier between
yourself and God.
Lord, love like this give me.
Lord, hear my prayer, my earnest cry, my
plea, that you may soon your image see
in me.
Give me your love, Lord, love comes from
you alone.
Oh, having saved me, would make me all
your own.
Lord, love like this give me.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basilea Schlink of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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