Today's commute home from the Family Forum office brought a sober reminder of just why we're here in Japan.
While riding my fourth and final train on my home-ward stretch our train suddenly stopped. The conductor announced that a ways ahead someone had lept in front of another train. That brought the entire line to a halt for 45 minutes while the police and emergency services dealt with the situation. While other passengers fumed at the inconvenience of yet another suicide, I was moved to pray for the family and friends of whomever it was.
Unfortunately, that kind of thing is all too common this time of year as some young people learn that they didn't pass the entrance exam to the school they've striven toward for years. Others learn that they'll be out of a 'no-longer-lifetime' job at the end of Japan's fiscal year in March. When lives are built on such shaky foundations despair results when those dreams are shattered.
It's a sober, fresh spur to press on in sharing the amazing hope we have in Christ to the people of Japan.
Friday, February 5, 2010
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