Indwelt

Spoke with a friend from Cambodia last night on the Internet...ah, the wonders of modern technology. It was good to talk with him, especially since I hadn't heard from him since last July.

I finished a biography last week on Johnathan Goforth, titled Goforth of China. What a great book! That guy was amazing. His wife wrote it in 1937, my copy was published in 1938. She included a great poem that I must share. It is an apt description of cross-cultural missions, I believe.

Indwelt

Not merely in the words you say,
Not only in your deeds confessed,
But in the most uncommon way
Is Christ expressed!

Is it a beatific smile?
A holy light upon your brow?
Oh no! I felt His presence while
You laughed just now.

For me 'twas not the truth you taught
To you so clear, to me still dim,
But when you came to me you brought
A sense of Him.

And from your eyes He beckons me
And from your heart His love is shed,
Till I lose sight of you--and see
The Christ instead.