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GIVING UP A GOAT FOR CHRIST

GIVING UP A GOAT FOR CHRIST

A Manjui believer is giving up her goat for Christ.

August 20, 2008

by Brian Johnson

In the Manjui tribe of Paraguay, one of the believers is learning the meaning of sacrifice.

She came to missionaries Jamie and Char Hunt and told them her story.

"There is something I want to tell you. I finally found my goat. My aunt stole it. Everyone knows it is not hers, yet she herds it to her pen every evening. I almost went to ask her about it. God's Spirit stopped me.

"I could go to her, but she will be shamed and angered. She will then stop going to the meetings to hear God's Words. She will also stop coming to the literacy classes to learn to read. We Manjuis are like that.

"Her learning is more important to me than my goat. It really hurts that she would covet and take what is not hers. However, my goat is now her goat."

This Manjui believer knows that her aunt's need of Christ is more important than who has the goat.

It's not easy when someone gets your goat. Sometimes it's easy to want to demand your rights.

But by being willing to give up her rights, she's giving her aunt the chance to receive something much greater than a stolen goat.

Pray that the aunt will continue going to the meetings and literacy classes. Pray that she and other Manjuis will see their need for Christ.

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