Bishop John in the ’Washington Times’ |
by Zoe Sandvig |
Today, the Washington Times ran a wonderful profile of our very own Bishop John Rucyahana, Chairman of Prison Fellowship Rwanda. One haunting quote:
In about 10 minutes, everyone was crying, sobbing. I said, "Open your eyes. That which makes you cry is what God wants you to repent of."
(Image © Kevin Morrow for the Washington Times)
The bishop's approach is amazing. We like to skip ahead to the restoration part, but that tends to catch up with us in the end. Real repentance is supposed to break our hearts before we try to put the pieces back together.
Posted by: Rachel Coleman | February 05, 2009 at 05:06 PM
Wow. Grief over our own sin--a deep, true, gut-wrenching realization of how we've hurt people--is the only pathway through repentance and restoration. Great quote.
Posted by: Mary DeMuth | February 05, 2009 at 07:00 PM