Muslim beat his wife -- a new believer in Jesus -- until one day he woke up paralyzed & afraid
By Mark Ellis, Special to ASSIST News Service
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS - December 4, 2015)
-- Gulzhan was studying the Bible with a Christian worker when, one
day, Jesus met her in a dream. After this dramatic encounter, she
surrendered herself to Jesus as Savior and Lord and was born again.
Word
of her decision spread rapidly throughout the village, where Islam is
deeply entrenched in people’s minds. Soon Gulzhan faced stiff resistance
from her neighbors, according to a report by Frontiers.
After
the winter arrived, the cold weather drove villagers off the streets
and into their homes. Now Gulzhan rarely had to meet the disapproval of
her neighbors when she went out to the market.
But
the worst of the persecution came from her husband, Elemes. He was
upset by Gulzhan’s new faith and his anger reached the boiling point.
Whenever he saw his wife reading the Bible, he beat her, pulled her by
the hair across the floor while he yelled curses at her and insulted the
name of Jesus.
Elemes’ anger towards his wife continued without any signs of letting up.
One
day, as Gulzhan was reading God’s Word and singing praise songs, Elemes
kicked her out of the house and into the snow. He locked her out and
left her in the cold without any shoes or coat.
Amazingly,
she continued to praise Jesus throughout this freezing ordeal. “God had
so filled my heart with His Spirit and joy,” Gulzhan told Frontiers, “that I simply continued singing and didn’t feel the cold as I searched out a place to stay.”
Elemes
eventually let his wife back into the house, but his anger and the
beatings continued. Gulzhan stood strong, trusting in the knowledge that
God had accepted her even if her husband did not. She continued to read
the Bible daily and experienced strength, sustenance, and courage in
the face of much pressure, according to Frontiers.
After
a year of this unrelenting persecution, something strange happened to
Elemes. He woke up suddenly in the middle of the night with a stark
realization. “I can’t move!” he screamed. Paralysis had overtaken his
body.
Photo
captions: 1) Many Muslims are meeting Jesus in a dream. 2) After the
winter arrived, the cold weather drove villagers off the streets and
into their homes, but she was kicked out for a time.
About the writer: Mark Ellis is senior correspondent for the ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net), and also the founder of www.Godreports.com,
a website that shares stories, testimonies and videos, from the church
around the world in world missions. He is also the co-host for "Windows
on the World," with ANS founder, Dan Wooding, on the Holy Spirit
Broadcasting Network (http://hsbn.tv/).
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