The SG Notebook

I’m sure that sooner or later I’ll be able to post about happenings here at Speakable Gifts, but at the present things are rather slow and writing projects are temporarily at a standstill. God will lead us in the direction of His choosing when His time, the right time, comes. See my post about this on my devotional blog.But sorrowfully, the number of those being martyred and imprisoned is never at a standstill. There are always more of them, more heroes to write about. May the Lord grant His mercy and peace to these dear ones and their families.

Here are two of them, a martyr and a hero:

Pastor Bae Hyung-kyu

Abraham Bentar

I hope the Lord will impress them on our hearts and that we will see some of His glory in their sufferings.

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blashemed, but on your part He is glorified. 1 Peter 4:14

Our Christian hero for this week is a prisoner. He has been accused of a heinous crime in the eyes of those who have sentenced him to death. His crime? He has been preaching the gospel.

We don’t know how God will finally deal with this matter, but many people are pleading with North Korea for the release of this man. For particulars on the matter read the posts for this past week at the Persecution Blog. You may even feel inclined to send a letter to Mr. Son via the Prisoner Alert website. I know we have so little spare time to spend on things like this; may God help us to take the time.

From my perspective, Mr. Son is a Christian hero.

Maxine, a/k/a Nanna

My older daughter has recently started a website and blog, both by the above title. She has started all this as a ministry to teen girls. Needless to say, my fourteen year old daughter is delighted, as are some of her friends. If you have any girls in your home who are twelve and up, this is an invitation for you to go and check out what’s going on over there. You might also like to look into the “bookette” which she wrote when she was nineteen (she’s about to turn 27 next week), which we’ve been carrying for years and which has been appreciated by many.

Thanks for stopping by!

Maxine (a/k/a Nanna)

Links to website and blog:

“The Girl Inside” site

“The Girl Inside” blog

Persecution does not take us away from our home. Persecution helps send us along the way to our true “home.”
PASTOR J. COLAW

This is a quote from the Vom book Extreme Devotion.

You may want to catch up on prayer needs of the persecuted church. Sadly, every week there is something new.