“Lord, have mercy”
I wasn’t really going anywhere in particular today (Saturday) when I drove past the town hall and stopped. Obviously this is the place where the people of Sukothai come to make merit on a Saturday morning. Sorry I don’t know the exact reason why they come here. If you look carefully they are also sacrificing pig heads I have never seen this before and am guessing that there is some special significance sorry don’t know what that is.

What I do know is that my heart was filled with sadness as I saw people bring sacrifices to these idols. “Lord, have mercy upon them” has been my prayer in the past as I have watched such sights. But now my prayer is “Lord, have mercy upon us”. Not just because I want to identify with the Thai people but because I realise that I have other idols in my life. No I don’t get up on a Saturday morning and offer a pig head to an idol, but I often put things before God. I need to call out to the one true God “Lord, have mercy upon me” I know that the Lord will have mercy upon me as he has graciously saved me. I pray that these people will have an opportunity to worship the one true God. That they will stop doing and start believing. But first they have to hear… How can they believe when they have not heard? And how can they hear if no-one tells them?