John has been speaking with and interviewing people while he is in Colombia. Today he was able to pass a few of the stories on to us. He has been able to meet with several widows whose husbands were pastors. One woman he talked with said that her husband had been taken by the guerillas and cut up into 30 pieces which they placed in a garbage bag and handed to her. The persecution for pastors and missionaries is very heavy there. One pastor told John that for the guerillas getting a pastor was "like getting two."
So what do we do here? How can we as Christians respond to this woman who is left alone to care for her children after her husband was so brutally slain for being a pastor? How do we support pastors who are afraid of trees because this is where the guerillas typically hide? How can a strong body of believers form under these conditions? And what is our responsibility to them as a fellow part of the body of Christ? "There should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it." 1 Corinthians 12:25-27
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