I just left a celebration for Bernard Mizeki. He’s an amazing fellow.
He reminds me of Ephrem in his ingenuity and adaptability in using the target community’s existing resources, be those resources their beliefs or aspects of their culture, to relate messages from The One In Charge.
Sistertech wishes others were as willing and adept at thinking outside the box.
The Psalm appointed for him today references what we remember about his martyrdom.
Psalm 124
1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side
—let Israel now say—
2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
when our enemies attacked us,
3 then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
4 then the flood would have swept us away,
the torrent would have gone over us;
5 then over us would have gone
the raging waters.
6 Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth.
7 We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.