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It has been tough for me in the past two weeks. I was accompanying my younger sister at hospital. She is fighting for her life while her attending doctor couldn’t offer much help.Each day, I spent a few hours with her at the hospital. During my stay in the area, the weather was unbearably hot and humid. Fortunately, the hospital facility is relatively new and nurses are kind. Following my sister’s daily up and down condition, my heart also fluctuates. The blessed part is she was pleased and felt peace in her mind when I prayed for her. I still remember the first day when I entered her room at the hospital. I was shocked to see a very different appearance than the one I used to familiar with. The illness has tortured her so fast and so severe that I couldn’t even recognize her initially.

My sister’s condition reminds me of the image “in the valley of the shadow of death” that king David wrote in Psalm 23:4. King David hinted us that God is with him and therefore he fears no evil (不怕遭害) . I see this as a promise given by God to His children. For this reason, introducing my sister to the Gospel became my first priority. I do hope that God would be with her and His rod and His staff would comfort her in her situation. I do realize, however, that under the environment of prevailed Buddhism and folk religion, I would encounter much resistance in breaking loose the deep-rooted bondage in my sister’s mind. By God’s grace, at the end of my stay with her, I saw the Holy Spirit’s amazing work – my sister is willing to accept the Lord. As apostle Paul indicated, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved —you and your household. (Acts 14:31)”

In Psalm 90, a prayer of Moses the man of God, Moses indicated to us that “All our days pass away under Your wrath; we finish our years with a moan. 我們經過的日子都在你震怒之下 ；我們度盡的年歲好像一聲歎息(Psalm 90:9)。” It gives us a vivid picture of our life in this world – we are under the wrath of God because of our sins. The only way out is to recognize that He is our creator and He has devised a plan, through His son Jesus Christ, to deliver us from the wrath. Per apostle Peter, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved  除他以外，別無拯救；因為在天下人間，沒有賜下別的名，我們可以靠著得救 (Acts 4:12) 。”

The past weeks’ experience serves a good reminder to me that our Lord is gracious and He is in control over any difficult conditions. Our Lord reigns!