Hebrews 10:23-24 (New International Version)
23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for
he who promised is faithful. 24 And let
us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
Helen Roseveare was born in 1925 in Hertfordshire,
England. She entered Cambridge University and there she came to Christ. She
became a medical doctor and in 1953 she left for the Belgian Congo as a
missionary. "I wanted people to be passionately in love with Jesus, so
that nothing else counts," she said. She met a sixteen year-old boy soon
after she first arrived, John Mangadima. He wanted her to teach him how to be a
doctor. Helen agreed and in exchange he taught her Swahili. In 1960, the Congo
declared its independence and faced a bitter civil war. In the midst of riots
and lawlessness, Helen continued to work. In the following years she was
beaten, raped, and arrested in held captive by the rebel Simba soldiers. She
was freed some five months later and returned to England. Fearful and
horrified, she vowed never to return to the Congo. But after two months at
home, she received a letter from John Mangadima. He told her that her work was
not finished. By faith, Helen returned and in her last years on the mission
field, she established the Evangelical Medical Center, which consisted of a
hospital, a training college, and four bush clinics.
Our Christian walk will not be easy. But if we hold
unswervingly to our hope in Jesus Christ, He will reward us for our
faithfulness. Many of us experience rough times? Let’s be thankful that the
Lord that will strengthen us, as we remain steadfast in Him.
Dear Lord we pray that we would be unswerving in our
faith. We pray today that we would hold steadfast to You and through Your
strength we would be the person You have designed for us to be. In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
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