We Got Shutdown!

Tonight, I met up, as usual with Malcom and Kay just around 7:30PM. Elias and Jose also came and brought two others with him. We prayed for about 30 minutes and left to go to the beach.

Lately, It seems that I've been more sensitive to the reality of evil and it causes me pain. A father dieing, a friend spraining his ankle, another having a stroke, car accidents to say of some of this evil and the most of all evil that I have been sensitive to, is the presence of God being dim. At times I'm shown very little of the unbelief and pride, arrogance and self-seeking that is within me. The honor and praises of men which I seek and the hypocrisy. It lays its weight to me and cuts at my foundation. How I long to be delivered of all evil.

"But deliver us from evil."

We setup at the beach and Malcom began preaching just around 8:30PM. From the moment he began to preach, we had 2 woman hecklers who wouldn't be quiet. At times they caused interruptions during the preaching and it only got worse. It turned into chaos. Someone called the police and they came out while Jose was preaching. They told us we could not preach unless we had a permit. So we obeyed, packed up and left around 10PM.

I have a vague theory that every single thing that happens, whether small or large, good or evil, is divinely ordained by God Himself for the purpose of His glorification.

So we're planning now to get a permit and in the meantime I think we will "flee to another city," as it were and preach somewhere else. Yet we're hoping we can get a permit to preach were we have always preached.

If I've gone out tonight not to the glory of God, I've done a vain work. I pray that whatever I do, I do to the glory of God.

Charles Spurgeon gave some fine words, he said:

"Let the light come from God, and though a child shall bring it, we will joyfully accept it."

To my weary soul, this dim light has been whispered to me by a child tonight, that He is not afar off.

"Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." -- Matthew 10:28-30