twice saved
February 20 2007
Korr, Northern Kenya. I flew in a group from a
California church visiting the literacy and church
planting work going on here. I went with them into a
village in the morning to watch the camels being milked
- the whole place was so beautiful in that golden
light, especially the Rendille children. Missionaries
here are doing well in living out and teaching the
gospel to these people, and the church is growing
strong. That evening I heard a testimony from just one
of the men about how he came to faith. His story was
interesting because as a boy he was actually snatched
in his sleep and dragged off by a lion. He miraculously
escaped when his little dog confronted the big cat. He
summed up his testimony unlike any I had ever heard.
"God saved me from a lion. And then, he saved me from
my sins." I thought he had a pretty good idea what it
meant to be rescued.