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Our Lives Are Like Candles - Part 2
What went through his mind as he went to the
shower room that day? Nobody knows exactly. But earlier, this North
Korean defector confessed to investigators at a police station that his
country had pressured him to carry out an espionage mission. “I have
been commanded to track down missionaries and Christian organizations
involved in ministry among North Korean refugees. They are keeping my
family hostage. I have to obey.”
There was no way out. Unable to bear the
horror of being responsible for the punishment, and possible torture of
his family, he went to the shower room, untied his shoes, took out the
laces and hung himself. Thus, ended one person’s conflict with the
command to expose Christians.
But, there are still others who are
commissioned to carry out the North Korean government’s quest to destroy
the Christian faith and its followers.
North Korean Christians must be very careful
to not be exposed. Sometimes, when an entire family is Christian, they
can have a small house church service where they sing, read, and pray
very softly. Or, when two Christians are not relatives, they may go far
into the woods to worship. “I used to meet up with another lady high in
the mountains,” says Hea-Woo, a North Korean Christian who escaped to
South Korea in 2010. “One day we were singing and of all a sudden a
young man stood behind us. We gave him some food and then he left. On
the way back we could only pray he would not report us. Thank God, he
didn’t.”
One With Them
Many Christians in the West are not aware that there are between 200,000 to 400,000 secret Christians living in North Korea. Be One With Them today as you thank God for your freedom to worship where you want… when you want… as often as you want… and to sing hymns of praise as loud as you can.
2013.06.09
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Sunday, June 9, 2013
Our Lives Are Like Candles - Part 2
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