...Jesus' commands are liberating. To the unwilling and disobedient, however, they are liable to be a torment. Such dear souls who are in bondage to dead-end materiality need to be set free. And what motivates my reaching out through this website, through the poetry books I send all over the world to free public libraries and university libraries is one thing and one thing only: to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ, Son of God to those who sit in darkness and have not yet experienced the peace and joy and purpose in life obtainable in no other way.
I just read in today's Wall Street Journal an interview with a Palestinian who to great distress to his family has converted to Christianity. This man is the son of the leader of Hamas. I was thrilled to see this. What caused this man's entrance into a wonderful new world? Being given a copy of the New Testament by a British cabbie, starting to learn more about Christ Jesus, coming to love Jesus' unconditional love for others, he said. Being overwhelmed by the Master's words and example.
Think of the millions in this world of ours who have yet to discover Christ Jesus. Is not playing a part in this holy enterprise worth everything we can give it?
