• Jesus Christ,  Love,  Reading,  Richard Wurmbrand,  Worship

    “My love is mad, without motive, as Your love is, too.”

    This is a Romanian poem, translated to English by the author, a preacher who was imprisoned during the communist rule in Romania. He describes the time of authorship as a time when he felt Satan’s presence in his cell. After being kidnapped, kept away from his wife and son who had no idea where he was, tortured to recant his faith, with no end in sight, he wrestled with doubt and accusations against Christ. He felt abandoned by God and taunted by Satan. He wrote this poem (it doesn’t look like a poem in translation, but it is) and found peace. From childhood I frequented temples and churches. In them…