Hello, today my story is entitled: Having courage to testify
In a region of Germany, there were primary school teachers who tried
to make their pupils become atheist from their childhood.
One day, one of them forced all the pupils to write a hundred times: "there is no God."
The children obeyed, except a 10-year-old girl, named Hannah.
Hannah had Christian parents and was herself converted.
Knowing the Word of God,
she had the courage to write a hundred times: "There is a GOD".
This irritated her teacher, who threatened to beat her, telling her:
"Tomorrow, you will write two hundred times: "There is no God".
Back home, the poor little girl told her mother everything, in tears:
She was beginning to lack courage.
She could be heard whispering: "Mother, I do not want to go to school tomorrow.
Herr Woller will be even more angry…"
The child's mother tried to reassure her:
"Hannah, you still need to go.
I shall go with you, and we shall see the Headmaster."
The following morning, mother and daughter prayed together the Lord to come to their rescue,
and, bravely, made their way to school.
They arrived very early and asked to speak to the Headmaster,
praying that he would not be an enemy of God.
Hannah's mother explained why she had come.
The answer of the Headmaster was so extraordinary that Hannah and her mother were seized with horror:
- Madam, Herr Woller died suddenly last night!
Thanks to the courage of this young girl, a non-believer, on the last day of his life,
still had the testimony that "there is a God", one hundred times.
In his richness, God meets each one of us in a very specific way.
His infinite kindness can catch up the most refractory and hardened hearts.
What does it bring to us to resist Him? Pride?
The Bible tells us that He gives grace to the humble.
Superiority?
The Word also tells us that Jesus, though He was a man, He was perfect.
The purpose of God is not to fight against us, but to bring peace.
So, why don't we simply lay down our weapons, and recognize who He is,
and what He has done?
"Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on Him while He is near".
Isaiah chapter 55 verse 6.
I invite you to pray with me!
"Father, today I humble myself and I recognize that You exist.
I repent of my sins and accept the sacrifice that your son Jesus
made to save me.
I believe in You, and from now on, I give You my life with all it entails.
Father, today my heart draws near to You.
I want to be in peace with You.
Thank You Lord, come to my rescue! Amen."
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