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A Night in the Chestnut Tree, John G. Paton
Out of all our experiences on this earth, none will transform us like that of being met by Christ in the midst of our pain, our fear, our need. John G. Paton describes one such occasion he experienced while fleeing the clubs of the natives who sought to take his life: “I climbed into the tree, and was left there alone in the bush. The hours I spent there live all before me as if it were but of yesterday. I heard the frequent discharge of muskets, and the yells of the savages. Yet I sat there among the branches, as safe in the arms of Jesus! Never, in all…
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Lovely Lion of Judah, Dedicated to Judah Immanuel Miley
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.” Isaiah 11:6 In the Spirit, Love allows us to unlearn what we think we know about the natural order of life. We can trust Him because He IS our Life. Hidden within the Lion of Judah is the Lamb of God who did more eternal work with His hands and feet nailed down than any man had ever done. Love’s eternal works are hidden beneath the most painful, the most trying, the most loss. All…
