By Peihe These few years, almost all the land of our village has been occupied by some enterprises and developers, so the only two pieces of land that my extended family still held became extremely precious. My husband and his brothers discussed together and decided that my eldest sister-in-law’s family shared one piece of the land with my third sister-in-law’s and my family shared the other piece with my second sister-in-law’s. The next afternoon, when I went to level off … Read More The Lord’s Words Are the Lamp to My Feet and the Light to My Path

By Xinmei During the boundary survey in 2018, my neighbor said that the land distributed to him should have been 6 mu (0.988 acre) but it was actually 5.5 mu. I thought that maybe we occupied more land than we should, so we gave 0.5 mu of land to him. The neighbor then planted a line of small saplings near the boundary between our land and his, and grew crops on the rest of his land. One morning after the … Read More I Am Freed When Practicing the Lord’s Words and Forgiving Others

By Xiaocao As we all know, Sodom and Nineveh in the Bible were both evil and corrupt cities and the outcry against the cities had reached God’s ears, so God decided to rain disaster and destruction down upon them. It’s just as what Genesis 18:20–22 says, “And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the … Read More Enlightenment From God’s Destruction of Sodom and His Salvation of Nineveh

By Fang Hui One Friday evening, my colleagues and I worked overtime to finish up formulating an advertising proposal, the sound of tapping keys filling our office. Thinking of how ordinarily I received praise from my leaders and colleagues for doing work seriously and responsibly, I told myself that I could not fall behind this time. I racked my brains and kept researching, wanting to do a good proposal in short order. Suddenly, my partner Lisa rebuked me and said, … Read More Learning to Tolerate Others I Felt Liberated

By Xueyan A book tells me: When other people hurt you, you must face them with smiles, for only in this way can your heart be filled with love and sunshine. In real life, however, I am unable to smile at those who hurt me, nor can I let go of my resentment toward them, unless … My Relationship With My Mother-in-Law Breaks Up on the Mid-Autumn Festival Last Mid-Autumn Festival, soon after I returned home from my parents’, my … Read More Conflicts Between Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law Will Be Easy to Resolve As Long As …

By Wang Ying Whenever I see my lively and lovely child now, I’m always overcome with emotion. When thinking about the hair-raising accident that happened to her, I still feel a lingering fear. My house site was a large pit, and so I employed worketo fill the pit. On the afternoon of the accident, I, holding my baby over one year old, went to the house site near the village entrance and watched to see if everything was done properly. … Read More My One-Year-Old Child Miraculously Survived After Being Run Over by a Vehicle

By Xueting, China “Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). ——Epigraph Whenever I hear someone had his finger amputated because of an accident, I can’t help but touch mine that were seriously injured and quietly reflect on the Lord Jesus’ love. But for His love, I would also have become a disabled person. At that … Read More After My Fingers Were Seriously Injured by a Machine

The stillness of night had none of the clamor of the daytime, the sky was full of stars, and a breeze was blowing—as if all this was trying to help me reduce my fatigue after working. My heart began to calm down. I opened up the Bible to Proverbs 12:22, where it says, “Lying lips are abomination to Jehovah: but they that deal truly are His delight.” Yes. The people who often lie are detested and loathed by God, while … Read More A Tutor Gave an Account of Her Experience of Being an Honest Person

Editor’s Note: When we encounter difficulties and pray to the Lord, the Lord often opens ways out for us and helps us overcome them. But when our prayers do not gain the Lord’s answer, how should we experience our situation? The author of this article has experienced this—let’s take a look together. I remember that day when I was upstairs shelling corn and my daughter, not yet one year old, was playing beside me, she accidentally fell off the story, … Read More I Experienced This Way When I Prayed to the Lord but Received No Response

Many married people are reluctant to face their partner’s pre-marital secrets, such as something about their exes and their love affairs. But if one day we accidentally discover them, how should we face it? Unfortunately, I once discovered my wife’s secrets by accident. But luckily I had the Lord’s guidance, so that I managed my relationship with my wife well. I had been married with my wife for three years. I worked to earn money and support our family and … Read More The Lord Leads Me to Forgive My Wife