a little much

I was reading and found the following quote from Richard Wumbrand, founder of The Voice of the Martyrs. He was confined and tortured in a Romanian prison for 14 years – but lived to be 91!

Even though it would be the wrong reaction, I laughed out loud when I read this. I mean seriously, who says these things to little kids?? What a gangster.

What shall we do about these tortures? Will we be able to bear them? If I do not bear them I put in prison another fifty or sixty men whom I know, because that is what the Communists wish from me, to betray those around me. And here comes the great need for the role of preparation for suffering which must start now. It is too difficult to prepare yourself for it when the Communists have put you in prison.

I remember my last Confirmation class before I left Romania. I took a group of ten to fifteen boys and girls on a Sunday Morning, not to a church, but to the zoo. Before the cage of lions I told them, “Your forefathers in faith were thrown before such wild beasts for their faith. Know that you also will have to suffer. You would not be thrown before lions, but you wil have to do with men who would be much worse than lions. Decide here and now if you wish to pledge allegiance to Christ.” They had tears in their eyes when they said yes.

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