Dear teacher, brothers and sisters:
Assalamualaikum! May the grace of Allah be with you all!
Today, I cannot be with you all to listen to the words of Lord. It is unfortunate, I have gone home. In the beginning, I wanted to share something with you face to face. Now, I am writing down what I want to say. I requested Sister Li Hua to read it out to you.
The other day, I read a book titled ‘Our Happy Times’. There was a nun mentioned in the story. Although she was not as famous as Mother Teresa, she did the same work as Mother Teresa did. Actually, the power of God is very great that it influences everyone around. I firmly believe that in this world there must be many people who are influenced by the Lord, received grace from the Lord. These people do things that please the Lord but we do not know them.
I have learnt the <Bible> for a long period of time and have come to realize many things; I do not know how to use words to express. That day, the teacher taught us “man is the image of God”; I suddenly felt a great responsibility upon myself. Nietzsche once said, “What kind of person you are would reveal the kind of god you believe in.” I think Nietzsche and teacher were talking about the same thing. My impression towards Allah has changed. I started working to change myself with great effort, trying to get rid of the past evil behavior. This week, my emotion is stirring within me. I discover that when I use my heart, use a heart not mixed with prejudice and impurities to look at God’s creation, I begin to see wonderful things about myself which I have not seen before.I, too want people to see the wonderful side of me, I want people to know that the beauty in me is a gift from the Lord. Hopefully after they have seen me, known me, they will say, “Your faith is so wonderful!” Then, they will be influenced, will take the initiative to pursue the knowledge of God, to know God, to follow the example of faith of Jesus Christ (Messiah Isa).
I haven’t finished reading ‘Our Happy Times’; however, the fate of the hero in the story was tragic and at the end, he was warmed by the nun’s love. This has touched me deeply. I cannot change the tragic fate of others, I have no ability to do so but I can use the love that I had received from the Lord to touch them. God loves everyone and I want to use my love to bring warmth to others.
This week, the Lord helped me in two important matters. As the matters are rather unusual, I have no courage to share these at the moment. I just want to say, Allah Yahweh has never given up on me. Even though in the past I was notorious for my misdeeds, yet he protected me, had mercy on me, gave me inner strength to pursue Him.
There is a verse that I vaguely remember, perhaps in the Gospel of Matthew which says: In this world if there are two or three persons gather in the name of Messiah Isa, then Messiah Isa will be in their midst, be with them. If they turn to Yahweh with one accord, the only true God Yahweh will surely bring it to pass. I am so happy that we live, learn and experience the truth of these words together. He! He! I will end my sharing here, I wish everyone happiness, we shall soon meet again.
Ma Xue Mei