Spiritual Spark 🔥

"A severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria" (Acts 8:1).

Famous German poet, Friedrich Hölderlin writes: "Where there is danger, there grows the salvation also". This is the reality of life. The famous verse in the Bhagvadgita states: "yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata, abhyuthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham" (wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion, at that time I descend myself). This teaching is found in all religions. St. Paul writes, "Where sin abounds, grace super abounds" (Rom 5:20).

Those who believe in God, know that God works very powerfully in the midst of crisis. The early church learnt it through their own experience. After the stoning of Stephen, a great persecution broke out in Jerusalem. If this crisis had not occurred, Christians may have remained limited to a small city of Jerusalem. Crisis forced them to move out of their comfort zones and reach out to the far corners of the world.

Good day and God bless us all! 🙏🏼⚔️