After rehearsal on Saturday the choir spent about an hour handing out over 1500 invitations all over the city of Elk Grove.
This is me trying to give some one an invite.
Me: Hello Ma'am how are you today!
Lady: {holding her kids hand, walking to her car} "Fine"
Me: That's great! I would like to invite you to a free concert at the Rock Church in Elk grove tomorrow night.
Lady: {Walking faster, dragging her kid by now trying to get away from me} "I'm Busy"
Me: Oh really well if you would like to know more about our church and where we are I would love to give you this card.
Lady: {Shoving her by now crying kid into the car} "Thanks" {She does take the card but was trying to evade anyone giving her anything}
How many times do we get this kind of response from adults in America about church and the revelation of Jesus Christ? Why does the rest of the world seem to get the revelation and grow exponentially in numbers and even having underground church just to be able to know the truth and be able to worship God? It made me mad to see this kind of response from Middle class American's, but maybe this prepared me for what happened Sunday morning.
As I sat on the bus looking at these beautiful children, the thoughts of the previous day came into my mind of how a grown middle class American woman did everything in her power to decline God, while these sweet children who had nothing from broken homes were so excited they couldn't wait just to get on a Sunday School bus.
Tears started to come to my eyes, and a little embarrassed of anyone seeing me I put my sunglasses on and quietly let the tears fall down my face just thinking of how precious and innocent these little children were about accepting Christ even in the small way of Sunday School.
I will never forget this experience and how it will impact not only my life but the life's of these beautiful children. This has to have been one of the most humbling and eye opening things that has ever happened to me, and I will never forget this moment.
I challenge everyone that reads this to find your 'bus ministry' and commit 100% for the kingdom of God. What would happen if we all found that 'ministry' and let God take over. Something tells me that revival is just around the corner...
6 comments:
Great post, Maria.
Love you!
Thank you Beth, I love you more!
Very touching! I'm thankful for the World Class training you are going through Maria. We didn't have much growing up, but we certainly had more than most of these children.
Give them the best you can and God will give the increase.
Can you write some children's songs with them in mind?
MoM
Well Maria,
I sit here in Calgary with tears! Thank you! Thank you for sharing that with me. Those babies are too beautiful! You can see even through likely the messed up lives they have been thrown into; they are looking their Sunday best.
Did my heart good this rainy Wednesday morning.
Thank you again!!
Mer,
It was definitely something I will never forget, I wish everyone could feel the same way.
Thank You!!
Beautiful post!
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