{"id":1816,"date":"2009-10-16T23:03:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T03:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2009-10-16T23:08:25","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T03:08:25","slug":"the-last-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/2009\/10\/16\/the-last-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LAST LETTER"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"last<\/a><\/p>\n

There is an age long forgotten story, when obedient Christians packed up their worldly belongings into a pine casket and sailed the oceans to a distant land. Before its ultimate use, the constantly visible casket served as a daily seal of the missionaries\u2019 commitment to take up Jesus\u2019 cross among the poor and the lost.<\/p>\n

Before their ships would sail, these Christian servants would scribble with tears and ink, their own last letters. These letters were penned in Bibles and on weathered parchment in a desperate attempt to explain their divine compulsion to give up everything and everyone to serve the lost and the hurting. At her final farewell, surrounded by parents and siblings, a twenty-year-old single lady would hand her father her last letter, she would tearfully embrace, board the ship and sail off never to return.<\/p>\n

Karen Watson was a young Christian worker, lately murdered in Far East because of her bold service to the Lord. At her funeral, Karen\u2019s last letter was read by her pastor:<\/p>\n

Dear Pastor,<\/p>\n

You should only be opening this letter in the event of my death.<\/p>\n

When God calls there are no regrets. I tried to share my heart with you as much as possible, my heart for the nations. I wasn\u2019t called to a place; I was called to Him. To obey was my objective, to suffer was expected, His glory my reward, His glory my reward\u2026<\/p>\n

The missionary heart:<\/p>\n

Cares more than some think is wise<\/p>\n

Risks more than some think is safe<\/p>\n

Dreams more than some think is practical<\/p>\n

Expects more than some think is possible<\/p>\n

I was called not to comfort or to success, but to obedience\u2026<\/p>\n

There is no joy outside of knowing Jesus and serving Him.<\/p>\n

I love you and my church family.<\/p>\n

In His care,<\/p>\n

Salaam, Karen<\/p>\n

www.thelastletter.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The missionary heart: Cares more than some think is wise. Risks more than some think is safe. Dreams more than some think is practical. Expects more than some think is possible. I was called not to comfort or to success, but to obedience\u2026 There is no joy outside of knowing Jesus and serving Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1242,16,5,637,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-1816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"tag-last-letter","8":"tag-missionary","9":"tag-missions","10":"tag-new-tribes-mission","11":"tag-sacrifice","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/macon-hare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}