poem

Dear all,
it's been sometime since i've last posted. Read this on a friend's blog, really helps me put things into perspective, take my eyes off myself, and realize how fortunate i am, and to spur me to pray for other brothers and sisters-in-Christ.

When you have no food to eat,
You feel hard-pressed to provide,
When I have no food to eat because of my faith,
I have faith that God will provide.
When your dreams of owning Treo Phones, diamond rings or cars are crushed,
You look for a job in Burger King, a credit card, or a car loan,
When my dreams of freedom and liberty are crushed,
God gives me dreams and visions for His Kingdom.
You wish you had less home work and no religion,
You look for the best tuition teacher,
I wish I could get an education but I can’t because of my religion,
In all subjects God is my Teacher.
You despair because because you have too much work,
You feel that the church has left you in a lurch,
I despair because my family is hungry, I can’t find work,
I know that God wants me to build His church.
You feel that Bible Study is like doing chores,
You don’t want anymore,
I am so glad for the bibles provided by Open Doors,
God gives me the desire to know Him more.
You feel isolated without your lap-top, I-pod or I-phones,
You live out your characters in a virtual world,
I feel abandoned when imprisoned,
God is the Light of my world.
When you are betrayed by your brother in your church,
You just go to another church as you have more believers than us,
If I am betrayed by my brother in my church,
I have to reconcile with him as there are only two of us.
You live in fear of ridicule and persecution in college,
You live in fear of being imprisoned, you don’t know whether God is real
If I stand up for my faith in college,
People will throw me into prison, I know my God is real.
You deride terrorists and suicide-bombers,
You feel that they are inhuman and justice should be done,
I was a terrorist and I blew up my hopes,
I am human, I felt God’s compassion weighing a tonne.
If you went home and told your Christian parents, “I’m going to be an evangelist!”
Your parents dreams for you may be destroyed,
If I went home and told my parents, “I’m going to be a Christian!”
My parents will be ostracised and I may be killed and destroyed.
You want to keep your life and go your own way,
You proudly pursue pharasaic self-righteousness,
I want to lose my life and go Heaven’s way.
I know I am a sinner, only God can make me righteous.