Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
AWAKE O ZION!
mud, sugar beet and potatoes, he would go off to meditate in
the fields or cross over the railway track to the canal. The
quotes in his diary from Faber and Fenelon were an indication
of his inner life with God. He loved community and, with
a twinkle in his eye, determined, with Andrew Murray, to ‘look
upon every man who vexes you as a means of grace to humble
you’!
The next morning Steve was up bright and early and made
the sisters a cup of tea. There was a freshness on him and at
lunch he breezed in from the fields, flung his slippers across
the floor and grinned.
When the elders arrived at the Farm for their meeting that
night, Steve joked with some of them. Then, after spending
some time mending his wellies and chatting, he donned his
donkey jacket and went out. As evening wore on, some of the
brothers began to wonder where he was, and when he hadn’t
turned up by midnight they went to see if he’d fallen asleep
in a hay loft or something. They checked the farm buildings,
and searched as well as they could in the dark. When daylight
came, his brother Maurice and a friend looked all round
the farm for him. As they walked towards the canal, there in
the dawn light they saw the remains of a body on the railway
track. The red hair was unmistakable.
An awesome silence brooded over the farm that day. Some
of the brothers were notified and came home from work. They
sat together in silence or wept. Down at Shalom farmhouse
Kelly was working with the building team when the phone
rang. ‘Bro... I have some sad and glorious news for you.’ It
was a subdued Noel. ‘“Faithful” has been killed. There are a
lot of brothers up here who need you just now.’
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