From: Sergei Nakul (pastor of Big City Church in Kyiv and military chaplain): Somehow, answering the question, “What is the Middle Age Crisis?”, my professor Willem van Hemeren said, “The middle-age crisis is an acute awareness of one’s mortality.” I can’t say I am experiencing some kind of middle-age crisis, but after forty, I realize, more and more, especially during war, fragility of life, smoking, aging, mortality. And in this realization and acceptance, there is a truly precious comfort—though we wilt like a wildflower, and wilt like grass, the Word of God remains forever, as is the eternal God Himself, the eternal source of life. “The voice says: report! And he said: What shall I report? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like a wild flower. Dries up grass, withers flower when the breath of the Lord blows on him: yes and people are grass. The grass dries, the flower withers, and the word of our God will be forever “, Isaiah 40: 6-8
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From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 630):
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Psalm 30:11-12
Today, someone asked me about the war in Ukraine and what we expect. When or how will it end? I thought for a moment. We live in truly unpredictable times, so this question is hard to answer, but I also knew that as I speak, I would need to pick a side — an optimistic or a pessimistic one. Not an easy choice. But while I was considering it, I realized there is a third option — a side of faith.
I thought back and shared how many Western governments were giving Ukraine not more than 72 hours of resistance and how no one believed we would fight so ferociously. I remembered the incredible times when God was clearly on our side, when the enemy army was getting lost and confused, when the wind blew away their paratroopers, or when a swarm of bees disabled a group of Russian soldiers, or when wild geese downed an enemy plane. I thought back to many other accounts that were too incredible to be accidental, and I was reassured that if our God is for us, it doesn’t matter who is against us. That’s why I could confidently say that I don’t know how or when this war will end, but I know that God will not forsake us, and He will turn our mourning into dancing.
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A year ago:
From Lyuda (Day 272):
…November 21 is a Day of Dignity in Ukraine. We began to celebrate this day after the revolution of Dignity that started on this day 9 years ago.
..In the life of every country, as in the life of people, there may happen difficult periods. May the Lord bless all our countries and help us during trials to stand firmly on His Word with faith and hope.
In Christ,
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