Didn’t pick up my social activities as planned this past week. Was also hoping to pick up my regular jogging habit again, but the week had been mostly gloomy with scattered showers, will try again his week.
The past week had been filled with news regarding the 32nd candlelight vigil commemorating the Tiananmen Square Massacre. For the first time in 32 years, the Victoria Park’s soccer fields were emptied of candlelights on June 4th. Instead, under the persecution of the government authorities, candlelights were scattered to different corners of the city and making a bigger impact. Persecution can lead to bigger impact, that’s actually how the gospel spread during the early Christian history.
Didn’t feel like reaching out to friends during the past gloomy commemorative week. Like an annual ritual, I read news articles and watched videos regarding the tragic event 32 years ago. With the increased persecution this year, it seems like I can relate even more to the many young intellectuals who were persecuted or even died in Tiananmen. It still frightens me knowing that a government would be so cold-blooded as to shooting down its own people. It’s even more worrying to witness how that same cold-blooded dictator regime is gaining power in the city I was born in. Oh God, can You save us? ??
