April 29, 2019

I love looking back through my old Bibles and reading the notes I’ve scribbled. Isaiah 51: 12–14 was highlighted in Romania as I sat with Lidi and Jeremiah Russu.

 

Lidi clung to this verse 4 years before

Jeremiah was in prison for possessing Bibles.  Lidi was quaking at home with their two babies.  Nicolae Ceausescu was a violent leader killing at will.

 

She tossed and turned fearing that she would never see her husband again.  She picked up her Bible and read. “  I am he who comforts you: why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass?   The oppressed shall speedily be released.”

 

Comfort flooded her.  She slept the deep sleep of peace.  Jeremiah was released!  Ceausescu was later killed.

 

I was humbled to sit in the presence of this bold young mother.

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