Afghans move from one sadness and difficulty to the next. I used to feel that Afghani lives were so hard because they were often poor refugees in a foreign land. Over the years I’ve discovered it’s much more than that. I think the spiritual climate of their lives lends itself to sadness and difficulty. I’m often reminded of John 10:10. “The thief comes to kill, steal and destroy…” What a contrast with the last half of the verse that says what Jesus came to bring, life in all its fullness, or abundance.
—Lady Nightingale
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The Gate
9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
