I have been wanting to get the first book of the Voices of the
Faithful but never got to it. So when I saw that the second book of
Voices of the Faithful was available for review, I jumped on the
opportunity. I was curious to read some of the devotions. I thought
it would be devotions from Christians from the past. Boy! Was I
wrong…
I discovered a wonderful little devotion book which contains
devotions written by Christians currently serving around the world.
This Voices of the Faithful Book 2 contains 366 devotions from
missionaries stationed around the globe. When I realized that I
immediately thought of our friends, Al & Joane Brown and their
7 kids who are missionaries in Thailand. They serve through
Compasio. http://www.compasio.org/Compasio/Compasio.html
Each month has a specific theme which is repeated in the devotions
of the month. For example, the month of September is about Lessons
from the Young - ie children. In a specific devotion, I read about
a 6 year old reaching out to a 20 year old guy who has since came
to the Lord. This devotion touched me particularly because it made
me remember how my 2 year old reached out to a street person one
night during a service at the church we are planting. God did
indeed give me a lesson that night and I hope to never forget it.
Each page begins with a scripture and then you read a devotion
written from someone in the field. The devotion concludes with a
prayer specifically related to the reading. This way, you pray for
the missionaries and their work and realize what God is doing
around the World.
I took the habit to read the page of the day daily since I got the
book. And God speaks to me in various ways - from thinking to our
friends in Thailand, our Compassion kids, how my own kids minister
to the people coming to our church and so on. Yes God is in the
move. Keep your eyes open. Read about what He does in other
countries and realize that He is indeed real.