STOP VI. Sow Seeds of Life

VI.        Sow Seeds of Life Death or life is in our tongue and in our hearts. We can choose to spread life and peace to those around us. Thankfully, our lives are made worthwhile when we are able to bless others. That is a basic principle found in the Bible. 

Under the regime of the Communists that began about 1917, one of their main goals was to destroy Christianity. Many hateful people over the decades have tried to do the same without success. Why do dictators hate God, and Christ and Christians? Maybe they do not like competition. 

Perhaps the most devastating event occurred not in outright persecution or killing but in a subtle act of the Central Committee. On April 8, 1929, the Party made the following decree about the church. 

You say you are not of this world. Well then, there is nothing for you to do in this world. That is why I forbid the church to set up benefit societies, cooperatives of industrial societies, to offer material aid to your members, to organize children’s and young people’s groups for prayers and other purposes, or general, biblical, literal or handicraft groups for the purpose of religious instruction and the like, or to organize groups, circles or sections; to arrange excursions, kindergartens, open libraries and reading rooms, organize sanatoria or medical aid. This forbids the development of all charitable foundations, Christian worker groups, and giving food, clothing and shelter to members. 

These atheists thought the very best way to destroy Christianity and the Russian Orthodox Church was to make them stop GIVING, CARING, LOVING and SERVING people. 

What they had not counted on was the total destruction of the entire society. When they blocked Christian functions NO ONE CARED for the sick, the poor and the needy! Secular Humanism killed the good intentions of the Russian people. My book, How to Be Me in My Family Tree relates several powerful stories about the trauma that came as a result and the healing we saw after the walls came down. 

Give and it shall be given unto you, pressed down, shaken up and poured into your lap! Jesus