We never realize how dark things are in other countries until we live there. I never would have thought about the darkness here in Mexico or worried about it, if I did not live here. The darkness here is so thick and suffocating.
God showed me something when my grandparents were here in August. We took them downtown and showed a few churches there. As we were walking around in one that I had never been in before, I saw it. Near the front of the one wing there is a casket that is see through, and inside is the body of a monk. They say he was the first monk here in Puebla and started the first church and made some roads. They also dug him up like fifty years after he died and they found that his skin was still soft and still there. Supposedly he did not decompose like normal bodies do. So they have him up front in the church and you can come up and put money in the little slot to supposedly get healed from something. As I was looking at it I saw this little lady come up with a few pesos in her hand and slowly make her way across the casket to the place where she could put her money in. All the while she was rubbing her stomach, for healing I guess. Think about it...This little old lady, that could barely walk without her cane, comes to this dead body and puts some money in the slot; that might of been all the money she had for food at the time, just because she thought she would be healed. This was a wake up call for me, and it also made me sad. To think that this poor old lady would spend her money on some dead guy just cause she was told he could heal her.
Mexico needs Christ, they need to hear of His love and life. For it is through Him that people can be saved and healed.
Please keep Mexico in your prayers for there is a lot of darkness here.
Please pray...
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As I've said to you before Tyler, you are a good writer. Thanks for the insighful and challenging post. Look forward to more along the way.
Ken
This is so true Tyler.. people are blind but desperately seeking the truth. we should all probably visit the Catholic churches here at least once a week, to keep that fresh in our minds. It's a great reminder that we HAVE the truth and the light and need to be aware of every opportunity we might have to share that. We get a little too comfortable in our routines and daily activities.
Good post!
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