Miracles
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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Dec. 7, 1941. I had been in college only 18 months, and "Pearl Harbor" happened. Remember the shock waves when Mitsuo Fuchida, taking off from a Japanese carrier, led the devastating attack on our American fleet anchored in Hawaii?
In the war years Fuchida kept flying - often escaping death via what seemed to be a "miracle." At war's end, bitter and disillusioned, Fuchida, heard the story of a woman whose parents had been killed by the Japanese and had decided to be a "missionary" to the Japanese. He started reading the Christian Bible.
Finding in St. Luke 23 Jesus' words on the cross: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do," he finally understood how forgiveness was possible for him and all of us. Fuchida not only became a Christian "believer" but became a "preacher" of this good "good news" to his own Japanese people. Which reminds us of St. Paul's "turning point" found in our New Testament (Acts 9).
This reminds us that enemies can become the best of friends. You may have noticed that Japan is now our staunch ally in the war against global "terrorism." Yes, miracles still happen, to nations. And to us people one by one. Retired and growing older, my wife, Jodie, and I still see "miracles" happen in us and others we know, which makes the old Latin word, "Gloria" more meaningful to us occasionally.
Last week we joined three to four dozen others from several states in a country church in north Indiana to pray for restoration, renewal and revival of the basic Christian foundation in our beloved Christian America. Getting that many together for three days and nights in such a busy time, and from several church backgrounds, was the first "miracle" but that was only the beginning. So, we trust and believe that a multitude of people will join in the prayer for restoration, renewal and revival of The Faith of our Fathers.
John Roberts Boggs
Winona Lake[[In-content Ad]]
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Dec. 7, 1941. I had been in college only 18 months, and "Pearl Harbor" happened. Remember the shock waves when Mitsuo Fuchida, taking off from a Japanese carrier, led the devastating attack on our American fleet anchored in Hawaii?
In the war years Fuchida kept flying - often escaping death via what seemed to be a "miracle." At war's end, bitter and disillusioned, Fuchida, heard the story of a woman whose parents had been killed by the Japanese and had decided to be a "missionary" to the Japanese. He started reading the Christian Bible.
Finding in St. Luke 23 Jesus' words on the cross: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do," he finally understood how forgiveness was possible for him and all of us. Fuchida not only became a Christian "believer" but became a "preacher" of this good "good news" to his own Japanese people. Which reminds us of St. Paul's "turning point" found in our New Testament (Acts 9).
This reminds us that enemies can become the best of friends. You may have noticed that Japan is now our staunch ally in the war against global "terrorism." Yes, miracles still happen, to nations. And to us people one by one. Retired and growing older, my wife, Jodie, and I still see "miracles" happen in us and others we know, which makes the old Latin word, "Gloria" more meaningful to us occasionally.
Last week we joined three to four dozen others from several states in a country church in north Indiana to pray for restoration, renewal and revival of the basic Christian foundation in our beloved Christian America. Getting that many together for three days and nights in such a busy time, and from several church backgrounds, was the first "miracle" but that was only the beginning. So, we trust and believe that a multitude of people will join in the prayer for restoration, renewal and revival of The Faith of our Fathers.
John Roberts Boggs
Winona Lake[[In-content Ad]]
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