Michael D, I’m always so joyful to
hear from you! Thank you for the updates.
Today I received this email from a
friend, and if it is true it shows that our Lord
can still protect His own from the wind
and waves today:
Subject: Tsunami
testimony
God Protects His own!
We know that 80% of the town of Meulaboh
in Aceh was destroyed by the
Tsunami waves and 80% of the people also died. This is one of the
towns that was hit the hardest.
But there is a fantastic testimony from Meulaboh. In that town are
about 400 Christians. They wanted to celebrate Christmas on December 25th
but
were not allowed to do so by the Muslims of Meulaboh. They were told if
they wanted to celebrate Christmas they needed to go outside the city of
Meulaboh on a high hill and there celebrate Christmas.
Because the Christians desired to celebrate Christmas the 400
believers left the city on December 25th and after they celebrated
Christmas they
stayed overnight on the hill.
As we all know the morning of December 26 there was the earthquake
followed by the Tsunami waves destroying most of the city of Meulaboh and
thousands were killed. The 400 believers were on the mountain and were all
saved
from destruction.
Now the Muslims of Meulaboh are saying that the God of the Christians
punished us for forbidding the Christians from celebrating Christmas
in the city. Others are questioning why so many Muslims died while not even
one of the Christians died there.
Had the Christians insisted on their rights to celebrate Christmas in
the city, they would have all died. But because they humbled themselves
and followed the advice of the Muslims they all were spared destruction
and can now testify of God's marvelous protection.
This is a testimony of the grace of God and the fact that as believers
we have no rights in the world. Our right is come before God and commit
our lives to Him. Our right is kneeling down before the Lord almighty and
commit our ways to Him. He is our Father and is very capable to care for
His
children. Praise the Name of the Lord.
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