One of God's great champions

 

I’m sure people close to me are already tired of hearing me talk about Darlene Deibler. I have been completely spellbound by this woman and her story. Make no mistake, my only role model in this world is my Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, but sometimes, not often, you find a human so in love with Christ that it inspire you to consider nothing as precious in this world just for the sake of knowing Him deeper and in a truer than you would do while entrapped by all the comforts of this life.

 “I realized how little I knew of what makes a true missionary statesman; of a faith that never staggers at the promise of God, no matter how incredible to the natural man its fulfilment seems; of a trust in the Unchanging One, Who keeps the heart at rest and unperturbed in a changing world; of a burning love that counts not life dear unto itself, but is expendable for God; and of a vision that is never dimmed.” (Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II)

I wanted to write an entire blog about the many, many things I’ve learned from her, but I’ve decided to just let Darlene tell her story in her own words and I’m sure it will bless whoever will hear her.

“And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.” (Hebrews 11:32-40)