Comments on: Day 36, Tuesday, Book of Faith – Lenten Journey http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/bible-study/day-36-tuesday-book-of-faith-lenten-journey Growing Disciples in Community Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karen http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/bible-study/day-36-tuesday-book-of-faith-lenten-journey/comment-page-1#comment-513 Karen Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:34:24 +0000 http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/?p=802#comment-513 After reading today’s meditation I can truthfully tell you I would be terrified if I lived in a Muslim country. (At least based on the little I know about certain factions.) What would I do, how would I react if I were told to make a choice between Christianity and the Muslim faith? Would I be able to suffer the consequences of my choice if it meant losing my life? I can’t imagine what it must be like to live in a place where a person is not free to worship openly, to not have to be fearful every day as one sits quietly and prays. One of the questions to ponder was why I think that in parts of the world where the church and Christians are persecuted, the church grows more rapidly than in places where there is no persecution? Could it be as simply as this – human beings want what they are told they can’t have – what is taken away from them? Does the “sneaking around” add to the experience of worshipping? I fervently pray I never ever have to find out! After reading today’s meditation I can truthfully tell you I would be terrified if I lived in a Muslim country. (At least based on the little I know about certain factions.) What would I do, how would I react if I were told to make a choice between Christianity and the Muslim faith? Would I be able to suffer the consequences of my choice if it meant losing my life? I can’t imagine what it must be like to live in a place where a person is not free to worship openly, to not have to be fearful every day as one sits quietly and prays.

One of the questions to ponder was why I think that in parts of the world where the church and Christians are persecuted, the church grows more rapidly than in places where there is no persecution? Could it be as simply as this – human beings want what they are told they can’t have – what is taken away from them? Does the “sneaking around” add to the experience of worshipping? I fervently pray I never ever have to find out!

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