BROTHER HUANG · FOUR STORY CARDS

Learning to Let Go

Eight years to build it. After success, he chose another kind of building.

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He built it. Then learned to let go. — Eight years to complete the buildings. Then he began to give more time to another kind of building. — 01 / 04Open / save image ↓

Eight years later, the buildings stood. — The hotel opened in 2002. Brother Huang recalled that guests needed to book one or two months ahead, while office occupancy reached 95 to 97 percent. For eight years, he had poured himself into the project. Difficulties and challenges came one after another. By the time it was finished, he was exhausted and had no desire to start another project. The hotel was very successful, but I spent much of my time in the church life. — 02 / 04Open / save image ↓

Still in business. With a different center. — After the buildings were finished, new opportunities kept coming. He turned them down, one by one. He remained in business, but his center was the church, with more time to pursue the Lord. He said that businesspeople who love the Lord and consecrate themselves fully should be “full-timers with a job.” Work supplies the church; the aim of life is to take the Lord as the center. Previously, I devoted myself to building this physical structure. Now I am more involved in building this spiritual structure, the heavenly home. — 03 / 04Open / save image ↓

I have only one desire: to take the Lord as my center. — For him, letting go became a choice about his time, energy, and the center of his life—giving more to the Lord and the church. From a building to a heavenly home.
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