When the Japanese occupied Malaysia, they would kill and torture innocent civilians, turning women and girls into 'comfort women'. Many were brutally raped and murdered casually, publicly and and as leisurely. They would take a pregnant woman and force her to drink soap water, then balance a plank of wood over her belly and play the see-saw on it. Did it make my blood boil just hearing about it? Of course, it did. Could I forget? Of course, not. My grandfather would rant on and on for many years -- how and what they did, what he saw. Horrific first-person stories. They were disgusting. Did listening to those stories create resentment, hate and bitterness in my heart? Yes, they did. Every grandparent had their fair share of stories, so did every war-torn country affected: Korea, China, Malaysia, even America -- the thought of Pearl Harbour still sends chills up our spine. I remember seeing an elderly Chinese woman who demanded a public apology from a Japanese ambassador for usi...
1 Kings 19 When a king is gone, does he need to be replaced? Yes. When a priest is gone, does he need to be replaced? Yes. When a prophet is gone, does he need to be replaced? Yes. Elisha was not clergy. He was a farmer, a worker. And he did not work for his own. He worked for his father. He honoured his own father. Sometimes the road to be a prophet is not by going to Bible School. You can be working in the world when you are called. But remain faithful. Even to your own parents until the day you are called to be a prophet under training.