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From the moment I set foot on the land of China, from the moment I officially became a preacher, I felt that I would no longer be fighting alone. There are many thousands and millions of Christians like me who have dreams and are striving to pursue the truth, and we are all running in the light.
At the same time, I also feel that I am starting to influence a small group of people who follow me. They come from different countries, speak different languages, but everyone has the same heart, which is the greatest commandment left to us by Father God: love! God tells us that God is love! Love brings us together, love binds us tightly together. Every day, I teach them the word of God, and they listen to my words like drinking in the dew, nourishing this dry land. I feel my own increasing change, and I also feel everyone's increasing change. This is such a delightful thing, I have never been so certain to do something.
In the days of constant exposure and close companionship, I gradually got to know everyone, and their attitudes towards me kept changing. Of course, with the good, there also came the bad. Everywhere I went, besides being welcomed, I also faced a series of exclusion and slander.
Some of them said I was a Heterodox cult, specializing in spreading superstition and misleading people, that I was there to persecute them rather than to save them. And worse, some of them would start to drive me away from a distance, throwing things at me, small stones, rags, rotten vegetable leaves, splashing dirty water on me... So I didn't care at all about my appearance, I only cared about my heart, my thoughts, and what I pursued...
Over time, this kind of life has become routine. Those who love me still follow me because they believe there is a true god in this world, and only by coming to me can they know him and unveil his mysterious veil. Until one day, Julie's appearance moved me and also added to my responsibilities, deepening my love for this land. Along the way, I have witnessed many people living in displacement, which is not a temporary situation but an inevitable result of history. This inevitability is hateful, yet we are powerless! This includes knowledgeable young people like Julie, who are useless and can only survive like the walking dead.
Julie said they once saw hope, but unfortunately, even that hope did not have time to blossom before being snuffed out the next day. They tried to stand up and muster the courage to fight again and again, but all ended in failure.
No need to say much, the history of Republic is undoubtedly extremely dark. I think of Zhang Xiaobei, I think of his experiences, I think of the beauty we once had... Fortunately, he emigrated to another country, otherwise his current situation might be even more unbearable than before. I have no desires left in my life, I have experienced everything, but when I see so many young people like Julie, I really worry for them. I don't know where their future lies, I don't know if the New China they speak of is really as good as they describe! I don't believe it, but they do, because that is their only hope and the beautiful country.
Julie represents the young students, they thirst for knowledge, they thirst for the change in thinking brought by new culture. They believe that China will definitely be able to overcome its difficulties, and will definitely be able to revolutionize and bring about a New China. But Julie's fate is also tragic, because her parents, as intellectuals, were persecuted, and she can only live with her elderly grandmother. She also tells us that in this turbulent era, life is very fragile. Either you die in battle, or you starve to death, or you are killed by opium. In any case, surviving is a miracle.
This period is the world of warlords and bureaucrats, and it is hell for the common people. Continuous civil war, natural disasters, and man-made calamities have caused the bureaucrats to amass wealth from the people for their own selfish desires, leading many families to ruin. The people's lives are unbearably difficult, and many have starved to death. They have lost the courage to live and the love for life.
Julie followed me. She said she was already walking on the edge of death. No matter when the Grim Reaper would come for her, she was not afraid. What she couldn't bear was the emptiness in her heart and the decay of her thoughts. It was like a soulless evil spirit wandering in the world. She could endure the physical pain but not the mental anguish.
I told her what I understood in my heart, and no one has been as understanding and supportive as her.
"Liu Ying, you are my current god. It is you who have helped me find the light again. We will be good friends for life. Wherever you go, I will follow you!"
"Do you really want to be with me? Do you understand what I'm saying?"
"Yes, I believe everything you say is the truth. Let's go to that land without pain, far away from the complexities of the world."
Julie is the first believer I accepted during my efforts to spread the faith, and she is also the most outstanding believer.
Many times, we are together fasting, praying together, studying together, discussing together, and almost forget the pain in our bodies, feeling only happiness and joy.
During the time I spent with Julie, I also devoted myself to studying. I have grown to like this place more and more, as well as the land. The people here are especially simple and kind-hearted. People are inherently good, and Julie is like that, as is her grandmother. They treat me, a foreigner, as their own family, not concerned with my background, only giving invisible support and silently blessing me. I am deeply moved by this. Such people are already children of God. God does not want them to suffer anymore, so he has come to be with them, to save them.
I cannot lead people out of suffering like God led his people out of Egypt, but what I say also has a prophecy. I want to lead everyone out of hardship and ensure that those who follow me receive the blessings they deserve.
So, just like me, Julie also became a preacher. Wherever there is a need for us, we go there, traveling through mountains and rivers without fearing the difficult journey.
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