God Causes All Things To Work For Good
The ship Marie Monsen was aboard had been taken over by bandits and six days into their captivity, she writes a beautiful letter; stating the joy and peace God had given her even as the ordeal progressed and of her certainty that all things will work out for good.
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“Safe in the arms of Jesus” Where are we?
26 April 1929.
Dear—
In Tientsin twenty bandits came on board. They have now held the ship for six days. They say they are going today, but they do not appear to be in any hurry about it. I have seen much devilry these days. All the other passengers were thrown out of their cabins; I have been allowed to keep mine. Have been alone with them up here on deck.
I have been delivered from all fear. God keeps His promises. The God of the promises is a living God and He has hidden me in the secret of His presence from all their strife of tongues.
The question of my being carried away has been under discussion, but “The blood of the Lamb is sprinkled on my doorposts,” and the destroyer must pass by. The poor passengers, two hundred of them, are the prisoners of the pirates. I am the Lord’s prisoner. How different my circumstances are from theirs!
Confusion and violence reigned for five days and nights. Last night they were probably tired themselves and went to sleep, so I had a lovely night, slept like a log.
I am lying behind a rug writing this. It is hardest for those who were expecting me and for the C.I.M. friends in Tientsin, because they know by now that I have disappeared, but the Lord will see them through their anxiety just as He is seeing me through. I am walking along higher paths now, and I thank God for this experience. It will work together for my good and for the good of many. Jesus is the Conqueror and He is with me all the days. The victory that overcomes the world is our faith.
With loving greetings to you all, from the prisoner of Jesus Christ,
Marie
26 April 1929.
Dear—
In Tientsin twenty bandits came on board. They have now held the ship for six days. They say they are going today, but they do not appear to be in any hurry about it. I have seen much devilry these days. All the other passengers were thrown out of their cabins; I have been allowed to keep mine. Have been alone with them up here on deck.
I have been delivered from all fear. God keeps His promises. The God of the promises is a living God and He has hidden me in the secret of His presence from all their strife of tongues.
The question of my being carried away has been under discussion, but “The blood of the Lamb is sprinkled on my doorposts,” and the destroyer must pass by. The poor passengers, two hundred of them, are the prisoners of the pirates. I am the Lord’s prisoner. How different my circumstances are from theirs!
Confusion and violence reigned for five days and nights. Last night they were probably tired themselves and went to sleep, so I had a lovely night, slept like a log.
I am lying behind a rug writing this. It is hardest for those who were expecting me and for the C.I.M. friends in Tientsin, because they know by now that I have disappeared, but the Lord will see them through their anxiety just as He is seeing me through. I am walking along higher paths now, and I thank God for this experience. It will work together for my good and for the good of many. Jesus is the Conqueror and He is with me all the days. The victory that overcomes the world is our faith.
With loving greetings to you all, from the prisoner of Jesus Christ,
Marie
A Present Help
by Marie Monsen
| Genre: | Missionary biography |
| Subject: | Marie Monsen |
| Publisher: | China Inland Mission |
| Year: | 1960 |
| Location: | London |
| Library: | Physical collection at walkingtogether.life |
| Purchase: | https://www.amazon.com/Present-Help-Mari... |
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Marie Monsen had been filled with fear of the possibility of another wave of persecution and killings like the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. Her fear was so great that she prayed to be sent back home from China. But everything changed after a strange dream she had—a dream God used to banish fear from her mind.
The noise from the pirates who had captured a ship Marie Monsen was on had prevented her from sleeping for five days until she went to the Lord asking to be allowed to sleep. Before long, there was an unusual silence on the ship, and Marie fell asleep to the glory of God.
Aboard a ship with pirates, Marie was able to do without eating the meals of stolen food prepared by her captors, for she had another supply. Prior to boarding the ship, she heard the “still small voice” urging her to stock up and save food for “an emergency.”
Just like Elijah was miraculously fed by ravens, so was Marie Monsen fed throughout her captivity in the hands of pirates by a fellow passenger who knocked on her cabin door on the next day after her initial supply of food got exhausted.
The ship Marie Monsen was aboard had been taken over by bandits and six days into their captivity, she writes a beautiful letter; stating the joy and peace God had given her even as the ordeal progressed and of her certainty that all things will work out for good.