I know…I promised you pictures from Herrnhut.
I’m sorry to say but, this one is “it!“
Issues:
- I’m really lousy at taking pictures.
- Almost never remember to take them.
- I took what (for me) is a LOT of pictures.
- I realized quickly (and we all were often reminded) that pictures of many people were not wise to share.
- That eliminated a LOT of pictures.
- Back to being “lousy”…the other few pictures that could have been shared refused to cooperate. Got some kind of technical “error” announcement that indicated even the software didn’t like my photos.
I do, however, REALLY want to paint for you a “mind picture.”
While reading about Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians in preparation for this assignment, I was taken with the mention of the cemetery on the Count’s estate. This is the burial ground for those thousands of intercessors who launched, among other things, the famous 100+ year, 24/7 prayer chain and over 2,000 missionaries into the Lord’s service. I couldn’t wait to get there!
Most of the headstones lie flat in the ground. Some are being tended. Others are crumbling. Count Zinzendorf and his family are buried in simple, above ground valuts. Walking amidst the graves, imagining what the prayers of these saints (young and old) might have looked and sounded like was both haunting and inspiring. What might they think of our fervent petitions today compared with theirs? Knowing the efficacy of their prayers, I found myself weeping and asking God to stir again the piety and passion of the Moravians in today’s Church.
While in Herrnhut, descendants of the Moravians invited and encouraged us to walk and pray in the cemetery and to “take up the mantles” of those who had gone before.
It was my passion and privilege to search for and find the graves of some of the children of Herrnhut. On behalf of all our now and future World Shapers, I asked The Lord for “just one” of the mantles of the praying children of Herrnhut…
for such a time as this.
Mary
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