The Writing Machine

Stories by Christian Cloud Abraham

How will the Russians know of God?

Memoir Project Rough Draft

Before the Iron Curtain fell and the communists were still in the forefront of our consciousness, I would sometimes lay in bed as a young teenager and think of the poor people in Russia who were held prisoner in their own country. As my heart filled with empathy for these people, I hoped for Christ to save them. To come back from heaven and take them away from their suffering. But then the teachings of our ministry reminded me that Christ would only return once every man and woman on Earth had the opportunity to accept Christ as their savior. That the Word of God had made it around the World. That the Word Over the World had become a reality. Then I often felt helpless and hopeless as I wondered how we would ever get the Word into Russia. And the more I thought about this, the more I simultaneously became saddened at the suffering of the Russians, and comforted knowing I was blessed to be born in America.

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© 2008 Christian Cloud Abraham

Posted on January 13, 2008 in
Emotion: Wonder, Type: Creative Nonfiction