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before the throne in front of the Lamb, wearing white
robes, holding palm branches in their hands (Rev 7:9).
May our writings have the same propelling force.
For our writings to have this effect we should bend
our knees. As much as we intercede and prostrate at God's
feet before going up the stage to deliver a message, so
much we must do before, during and after writing an
article or book. A message spoken may be heard by a
thousand people but a written one by thousands. What an
awesome responsibility!
A writer can expect persecution for writing the truth
and not for itching ears (2 Tim 4:3). Jeremiah, the prophet
of doom, wrote something which neither the people nor
the king wanted to read. Jeremiah was a young priest from
the little town of Anathoth, a few miles northeast of
Jerusalem, when the Lord called him for a specific
prophetic ministry. He was reluctant because he was quite
young and not a 'speaker.' Then the Lord reached out His
hand and touched his mouth (Jer 1:6,9). How much a
writer needs this touch!
The people of Anathoth who accepted his priestly
ministry were not ready to tolerate his prophetic ministry
because it exposed their sins and hurt them. They plotted
to kill him (Jer 11:18,19). His prophecy was ridiculed and
mocked and consigned to flames by King Jehoiakin (Jer
20:7-11). How weary Baruch would have felt to do it all
over again on a scroll with stylet! (Jer 36). Jeremiah was
thrown into prison. Paul was kept under house arrest for
two years during which he wrote four epistles (Acts
28:30,31; Col 4:18). The ageing apostle John was exiled
to Patmos where he wrote the vision, against all odds.
How difficult it was those days to write! No paper,
pen, electricity, office room, laptop, journalism, coffee,
tea, printing presses, Google pictures and what not. But
they had the anointing. That's all that mattered. They
wrote with stylets on scrolls, laboriously, wherever they
were, in the prison or in the bobbing ship, in daylight or
chimney light. How much more should we!
To conclude, I would like to highlight what God told
Baruch: “Do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them
not” (Jer 45:5). Put the emphasis on “yourself.” Seek only
God's glory!
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A Brief History
of
Blessing Magazine
The periodical of the Mission 'BLESSING'
magazine is prepared and published monthly in
English and Tamil since 1972. The year of inception
of the Blessing vernaculars are as follows:
Oriya - 1976
Kannada - 1976
Hindi - 1979
Telugu - 1983
Malayalam - 1987
Marathi - 1988
Gujarati - 1990
Assamese - 1996
Bengali - 2006.
The combined circulation in 2017 is around 56,000
copies. We have started to publish the Blessing E-
Magazine in English from the year 2016.
It is available in our website: www. bymonline.org.
Thank God for the Editors, Translators, Proof-
readers, Typists, Designers, Printers for their
consistent contribution to this ministry. Continue to
uphold the 'Editorial Team' of all the 'Blessing'
vernacular magazines in your prayers.
500th Issue
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