Footprints of Jurian Nakaura@No.10
The news that Jurian and others received consummate warm welcome by Philip
2, got
around all over Spain and Europe. Wherever they went, they were enthusiastically
received after Madrid. It may be like a scene from the Bible when Jesus
was entering the
city of Jerusalem. Many people packed to long for a sight of Japanese men
who came from
the edge of the East. Not only that, but after a certain point a rumor
swirled around that
Jurian and other boys were "the princes of Japan." And with the
order of Philip 2 who built
up the golden years of Spain, people's welcome just escalated.
Under this circumstance, Jurian and others never lost themselves. They
always humbled
themselves and kept having a time to go before God at all cost. They had
already spent
almost three years traveling. I can't tell how much they felt tired both
physically and
mentally. However they never went to bed without prayers and repentance
no matter how
late they were because of the welcomes. Through the time of fellowship
with God,
they kept receiving the power from God in unaccustomed foreign countries.
We,
Christians today, also should rest in the Lord every day without being
caught up in the
tide of the times.
"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him." Psalm 37:7
Jurian and others finally shipped out to Italy from Alicante of Spain.
In Italy, they visited
Pisa which is famous for Leaning Tower of Pisa and Firenze, the cradle
of the Renaissance,
where Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were flourished. Jurian and others
stayed this
"museum city" for five days. They saw numerous "enormously uncommon things" such as
splendid buildings, paintings, sculptures, fountains and zoological parks
and gave an
exclamation of surprise. I get excited when I think of the influences and
possibilities they
might have after they, who had seen and experienced these things, came back to Japan.
Reality, however, took a totally unexpected turn. We also have many plans
for our lives, but
only the will of the Lord will be done. The lives of Jurian and others
were tossed about by
the period of Civil War.
Then Jurian and others drove in carriages for Rome where Gregory 13, the
pope, was.
(The Kyoto Glory Church Translation Committee is
responsible for the wording of this article.)
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