I have ten minutes max to write so this will be a race to the finish. Most of my blogs take less than ten minutes and the most time consuming blogs are those with pictures so... no pictures but a great story.
I have an eye infection and so off I went to the doctor here in suburbia India (we are not at home in our overgrown village or I would have NOT gone to the doctor which is an all day affair it seems and drains an individual of all energy and causes a person to contract six new diseases instead of making one better).
In the waiting room of pristine hospital I sat next to this darling charismatic lady. We talked mainly about childbearing and the miracle that it is to have a child grow inside of you. I talked about God's role in creating, knitting, knowing each child and my trust in Jesus Christ. But my words seemed to be soaked up and taken in with everything else this woman believed and twisted into Positive Thinking and All Roads Lead Together.
She lives in a shared family home with her in-laws and brother-in-law. This coming month his (the bro-in-law) wife will move in with her family, and in-laws after their wedding. I asked how she felt about the new addition to their family. Apparently the ladies are soul sisters with a strong sense of spirituality. They like to "charge their crystals together." I was a little at a lose. I live, work and breathe amongst Muslims. They have one God and feel a keen sense of duty to please Him. I seldom talk with those with a pluralistic world view even though I live in a nation whose majority population believes in Hinduism. Why? Well Muslims all live together. I would never have to leave my neighborhood if I did not want to, never have to buy anything from a Hindu, or even travel with a Hindu within my city so I seldom talk with Hindus. This conversation was enlightening and disturbing.
In my ignorance I had no idea the depth of the reality of their world view that believes not only to all ways lead to God (or "A Higher Being", or "Greater Power") but a sense of their own god-ness. The capability to create, to find their own way, to say that all is right and none is wrong. I felt as I spoke with this delightful, chatty, lovely lady that she was her own god. She even said she was the "Creator."
I was way out of my depth but shared of Jesus and His Way being the only Way and then just listened and prayed.
I am thankful for grace which enabled me to see my chains and see Christ and break free. I am not God. I am not able to find my own way. But God in His great MERCY has shown me the one and only Way. Jesus Christ and Him Crucified.
(ten minutes up! Please pray for India)
I have an eye infection and so off I went to the doctor here in suburbia India (we are not at home in our overgrown village or I would have NOT gone to the doctor which is an all day affair it seems and drains an individual of all energy and causes a person to contract six new diseases instead of making one better).
In the waiting room of pristine hospital I sat next to this darling charismatic lady. We talked mainly about childbearing and the miracle that it is to have a child grow inside of you. I talked about God's role in creating, knitting, knowing each child and my trust in Jesus Christ. But my words seemed to be soaked up and taken in with everything else this woman believed and twisted into Positive Thinking and All Roads Lead Together.
She lives in a shared family home with her in-laws and brother-in-law. This coming month his (the bro-in-law) wife will move in with her family, and in-laws after their wedding. I asked how she felt about the new addition to their family. Apparently the ladies are soul sisters with a strong sense of spirituality. They like to "charge their crystals together." I was a little at a lose. I live, work and breathe amongst Muslims. They have one God and feel a keen sense of duty to please Him. I seldom talk with those with a pluralistic world view even though I live in a nation whose majority population believes in Hinduism. Why? Well Muslims all live together. I would never have to leave my neighborhood if I did not want to, never have to buy anything from a Hindu, or even travel with a Hindu within my city so I seldom talk with Hindus. This conversation was enlightening and disturbing.
In my ignorance I had no idea the depth of the reality of their world view that believes not only to all ways lead to God (or "A Higher Being", or "Greater Power") but a sense of their own god-ness. The capability to create, to find their own way, to say that all is right and none is wrong. I felt as I spoke with this delightful, chatty, lovely lady that she was her own god. She even said she was the "Creator."
I was way out of my depth but shared of Jesus and His Way being the only Way and then just listened and prayed.
I am thankful for grace which enabled me to see my chains and see Christ and break free. I am not God. I am not able to find my own way. But God in His great MERCY has shown me the one and only Way. Jesus Christ and Him Crucified.
(ten minutes up! Please pray for India)
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