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Edgar
Butare
Richmond, Victoria
Jesus Christ said in John 16:33, "I have told you these
things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world
you will have trouble. But take heart! I have
overcome the world."
I have known trouble, hardship and oppression in the form of
mental illness since my teenage years but I testify to the
goodness, mercy and compassion of a loving God. He has
delivered me from such a deadly peril and on him I have set my
hope that he will continue to deliver me.
Like the prophet Isaiah, I now believe, "The Sovereign Lord
has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that
sustains the weary." (Isaiah 50:4)
I have the prophet Jeremiah's conviction when he said, "But
if I say, "I will not mention him or speak any more in his
name," his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up
in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I
cannot." (Jeremiah 20:9)
And I believe my calling is spelt out in Acts 20:24 where Paul
said, "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if
only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus
has given me - the task of testifying to the gospel of God's
grace."
I would love to share with you my story of how God has rescued
me from the dark, lonely life of anxiety and schizophrenia and
transformed me into a seeker of God, a confident young leader in
the church and a Federal Government officer.
Edgar
attends Richmond AOG in
Victoria.
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