A Note to Christians in Japan

Knowing there are readers who read this blog from Japan…. I have been quiet about recent tragedies there. (Besides who needs another voice.) I know you have had more quakes and power outages in recent days that I know it hasn’t been easy especially with the chilly weather. Then add loss, uncertainty and fears of radiation poisoning and what is one to say?

I know there are many Christians in Japan and YOU know what makes a people resilient... you know a people’s faith in God's love helps them endure all things. You know nothing is impossible with God. You remember all God had done in the past and is going to do in the future. You are able to look past all this mess because you see all the small things God is doing behind the scenes. You are reminded like all of us that life even though precious is very temporary and your true home is else where. You remember that even though these are tough times you wouldn’t go back to living your old ways because of all the things God has shown you. You praise God because He brought you to the faith and it has been a ladder to help you climb out of the dark happenings around you. You remember God has prepared you for such a time as this. What a better time to show the love and light of Christ to others then this time of great loss and searching. I hope you’re ministering to each other and being a comforting presence even though few words may be spoken and there is little to go around. I hope you remember God’s empowering grace and you remember Jesus’ loving warning that these things would happen. Mark 13/ Thessalonians 5:1-3

Knowing only little of what is to come anywhere on this earth, may God animate you -for that is the only way it is going to turn out right. May God bring life to your tired daily bones. May he anoint your eyes and put white linens on your nakedness as you walk amongst those who don’t hold your same hope. May he let the inner spring that is constantly being tried and deluged be a magnificent geyser of a volcano of genuine praise. May you feel free to cry out to him knowing he is your strength and refuge. And as one of God’s trees, let Him constantly root you deep in His love. Let His whisper amplify in your spiritual ears, as the wind is made known in the branches of the trees. Let your villa lights never go dim on the nighttime hills and the vines of your lowly and humble vineyard always produce the sweetest fruit. In Jesus Name Amen.

Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait on the LORD will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”