There were critical moments of real wreckage in my life that happened on the race this past year. They were moments where I was totally broken because of the reality of the situation I found myself to be in and the helplessness of myself apart from Christ. Below is what came out of such a moment. We were leaving after a month of ministry in the bars of downtown Bangkok. We had just taken two girls to visit “The Well,” a ministry to women who want a way out of prostitution, and the two girls were genuinely interested in joining.
And then we left, knowing that the cycle of prostitution would continue and not knowing how to keep playing a part in seeing its end. That day was heavy for me. I was utterly torn between the extremes. On one end was immense joy for the two who were planning to walk away from it all and choose the better road. And on the other end, I was heavy, really heavy, thinking about the thousands who are still there, not knowing there is a road of life for them to travel on.
Below is a video my sister
Kim put together that was made in the midst of such tension.
If there is one thing I learned this year, it was the all-encompassing, foundation-shattering, dead-raising power of Christ. And here is the truth I continue to choose to stand on: the minute that such power and love so invade the darkness, the darkness cannot, will not, remain. Light will always come by way of love. And light will always outshine the darkness.
The hope for places like the bars of Bangkok and the hope for the girls caught in such tangled places is always the power and love of Christ. Out of it no darkness will stand. No child will be uncalled or unloved. And this hurting, despaired world where the trafficking of innocent girls is a current reality will be transformed into a glorious place of restoration and redemption.
Life will burst forth from death….
….and light will shine out of darkness.
The Kingdom of Christ will always only be released by way of love.
