Dear God,
I’ll be honest with you God. I was quite discouraged to compare my own faith to Don Richardson’s and the Sawis’ while I was reading this book. I have lived all my life living within your boundary, continuously encountering your words and meeting different people who are devoted to your love. But how come my faith is so fragile compared to the Sawis who had found you later in their lives? I am living in a world where options are limited as a student. This may sound like an excuse, but I didn’t have a major turning point in my life to solidify my faith. Don Richardson had an evident purpose when he first approached the tribes, and the Sawis gained opportunities to reflect on their lives and to correct their immoral culture. I, as a student, go to chapel every Tuesday morning and struggle among students to follow the procedures and obligations that the world has planned out for me. Even if I am opened to all the technologies and Media, why do I feel more insecure than Don Richardson and the Sawis who lived in an unprotected territory? But God, there is one thing I really want to tell you: there may have been times when I turned my back on you, but I have never doubted your presence. I knew that there was someone in this vast meaningless world, who was looking over me from the beginning to the end of my day, of my time. This is the faith I have on you.
I’ll be honest with you God. I was quite discouraged to compare my own faith to Don Richardson’s and the Sawis’ while I was reading this book. I have lived all my life living within your boundary, continuously encountering your words and meeting different people who are devoted to your love. But how come my faith is so fragile compared to the Sawis who had found you later in their lives? I am living in a world where options are limited as a student. This may sound like an excuse, but I didn’t have a major turning point in my life to solidify my faith. Don Richardson had an evident purpose when he first approached the tribes, and the Sawis gained opportunities to reflect on their lives and to correct their immoral culture. I, as a student, go to chapel every Tuesday morning and struggle among students to follow the procedures and obligations that the world has planned out for me. Even if I am opened to all the technologies and Media, why do I feel more insecure than Don Richardson and the Sawis who lived in an unprotected territory? But God, there is one thing I really want to tell you: there may have been times when I turned my back on you, but I have never doubted your presence. I knew that there was someone in this vast meaningless world, who was looking over me from the beginning to the end of my day, of my time. This is the faith I have on you.
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