Sealed – Jo Ann Walczak

Stamp of Approval

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit. Ephesians 1:13

Ka-thunk! Ka-thunk! The carved stone seal came down, ka-thunk, on each telephone bill.

I stood in a line of people at the China TeleCom office in a large Chinese city. We were queuing up to pay our monthly bills. As each person presented payment, the clerk’s official seal stamped the b...