Tagged: Isaiah 26:3

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.Isaiah 26:3 Behind every life-changing, heart-gripping event, there is a story beneath the story. It is sometimes never told, at least to the crowds. Rachel Saint, missionary to the jungle peoples of Ecuador, told the story beneath the story of the martyrdom of her brother Nate Saint along with four other missionaries on January 8, 1956. In Ethel Wallace's gem-of-a-book The Dayuma Story, we learn those tragic events that captured the world’s attention and inspired countless missionaries really began in the place of prayer. It began in the private, quiet place of a young, single woman seeking the Lord’s leading in her life. No one could have imagined the journey that would arise… Read More

We do not have to carry our burdens alone. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over (Psalm 146:8, NET). The women of the Kikuyu tribe in Kenya make their way slowly down the sun-dried path, bent beneath loads equal to 70% of their body mass. The large baskets they carry on their backs are supported by a strap across the forehead. A doctor working among them once told me that this habit often results in a permanently grooved skull as well as curved spine and confined pelvic space, making childbirth more difficult. Yet day after day they can be seen in brightly colored wraps faithfully bearing their tremendous burdens, bent over as they go. We all carry burdens. If they could be measured… Read More