Shan Dai Advocacy

2 Corinthians

March 23, 2007 on 1:07 pm | In His First Bible, New Testament, PrayerGrams |

“For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down—when we die and leave these bodies—we will have a home in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long for the day when we will put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing” (2 Corinthians 5:1-2). Many days of hard physical labor, year after year, can wear a person out. Aging is natural in this world’s system and the Shan Dai that work long in the sun tend to look and feel even older than their years. The aged have experienced the agony of those that they love having died before them. In Dai culture, death is frightening and the dead must rely on the hope that the living will pay off the spirits on their behalf, so they will not roam about like hungry, homeless ghosts. Lord, we pray especially for the elderly Shan Dai today. God, may they hear of You and how You have made preparations for their good through Your Son, Jesus. Father, they know what it means to grow weary. What they need to know is the freshness available when sins are forgiven. You lovingly prepare a home for us in heaven with a new heavenly body; a body perfectly designed by You. Holy Spirit, fill the Dai so the fear of death is cast aside like a discarded rag. May their eager expectations, and joyful anticipation of full life with, You be experienced deeper with each passing day.