Wednesday, February 4, 2004
For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ will be richly provided for you.
(2 Peter 1.11
NRSV)
I read recently that when American forces captured Okinawa in World War II, the typical island
village was a filthy place. The inhabitants were without hope or direction. But there was a
village called Shimmabuke which was different. Its streets and homes were spotlessly clean.
Its citizens were friendly and polite. Why was this village so different from the others? Thirty
years before, a missionary stopped at Shimmabuke on his way to Japan. He won two men to
Christ, Shosei Kina and his brother Mojon, and gave them a Bible. Through them the entire
village became Christian and village life was transformed.
That is our ministry. When we have been transformed by the transfigured Christ we catch a
vision of what the world could be if we all lived under his Lordship.
Dear God, help me to live in the footsteps of Jesus. Amen.
Ron
Newhouse
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