In our early years together, we were going with the flow, of the hippie movement. Thomas would play his flute, on the top of a
mountain, communicating with the universe out there. I was writing poems to our family saying, our baby had chosen us, to be the parents. And Thomas’ mother, was seeking to know the future of our child, through her astrology charts.
We read all of the popular books about spiritualty, including the Aquarian Gospel, which portrayed Jesus as a teacher, and a good man. It sounded good, but these false ideas, led us further and further away from the Truth. Instead of becoming humble, we discovered that we were separated from God, because of our pride. When we turned to the Jesus of the Bible, he transformed our minds, and gave us His purpose for life.
If you have been listening from the beginning of the podcast, you might remember the story, about when we got rid of those books, by burning them at Living Waters. From that time on, we only read the Bible. But when Thomas and I, were getting ready to leave for Germany, as missionaries, we decided to check out the Christian bookstore in Hayward. We had heard of biographies about Christians, who had chosen to take the gospel to other countries, knowing well that sacrifices would be required of them.
Thomas bought a book called ”The Shadow of the Almighty.” It is the inspiring story of Jim Elliot, who went with his family to
Ecuador, and was killed as a martyr for his faith. I picked out two books. One was called, “The Missionary Wife and her Family” and the other was by Gladys Aylward “The Small Woman”. It is her story, as British woman, who traveled to China
alone, and started a ministry for orphans. She endured constant hardships, fears, and war, but persevered through it all. She only had the Bible as her comforter, helper and teacher.
