Come herding sheep with me
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Second email 21.10.2024
Hello Brother M,
Continuing the previous email conversation, I will continue to explain my winter plan.
I often feel very uncomfortable or anxious in the city. One of the important reasons is that my apartment neighbors have many bad living habits. Their negative energy is too strong and my positive energy is not enough to deal with or integrate them, which leads to I moved 3 times and couldn't settle in my life.
I have a small request for the humanistic environment where I live. I think it is very simple, but it is difficult for many people. When I cannot change their living habits, the only way is to stay away from them, so I often Consider moving to the country. Of course, there are many problems in rural areas, but there are fewer people with bad habits.
There is a Chinese proverb that describes my situation like this: "If you are poor, you can take care of yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world." It means improving your own life when you are poor and helping others when you are rich.
My positive energy is very low and I am very poor now. The most I can do is help myself. I cannot help others. Maybe my neighbors don’t think they need help. They are already very good and do not need to improve their lives or the status of their lives.
I will forward you a separate email to my friends on the farm outlining the reasons why I will be living with them.
Of course, half of my luggage is still in Heidelberg, and I still come back from time to time to see my church brothers.
Because of the reasons mentioned above, I often say in the church that we need an apartment community that is exclusive to the church. It does not necessarily belong to the church’s assets, but at least half of the residents must be members of the church, and the other half of the tenants have not been exposed to the gospel. For ordinary people, a more effective way to spread the gospel should be in their daily lives.
If I were asked to manage this apartment, I would definitely formulate community rules that are in line with church principles. Half of our tenants are church members, and we spend at least a few hours a day interacting with the other half to help them gradually develop good living habits. That is, gradually acquiring a Christian way of behavior and thinking.
To this end, I wrote a website file about how to provide house management services After I go to the farm and settle down, I will add the website page Translated into multiple versions including German and English.
Of course, we must recognize the reality. Not all church members have good living habits, so when we live with church members, we may still feel disappointed, but at least they are easier to communicate with than people outside the church. I also have more motivation to be diligent and hard-working to constantly make myself better, and that’s enough.
If Christian believers cannot improve themselves within the limited time, then there is no doubt that life is a failure and does not conform to the principles of biblical teaching. Our life time is very limited. If we cannot complete the answer sheet within the limited time of the exam, there is no doubt that the exam will be a failure. Failure, so is life. Beyond that, there are certainly other better solutions that could be researched and tested, and I'm convinced that preaching through the living space of an apartment is a more efficient method of evangelism.
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Due to the use of AI translation, I cannot ensure that AI can accurately understand every sentence I say. There may be some expressions that only native speakers can understand. I use simple words as much as possible. The original text of my native language is also attached below.
Sending you and your family endless blessings!
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