Luke 18:16
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Good morning, one and all!
Well, this is a first for me - serving you three spoons full of tonic at one time, and I sincerely hope that this never happens again. But, with remodeling going on in our motor home for the past three days, life hasn't been going along as usual. Here I am, though, and I'd like to leave something with you today.
Saturday, I went on outreach with some of the people from the local church here in Union City, TN. Two young ladies were interested in starting a bus route for picking up children for Sunday School, so we chose a mobile home park for our outreach area. At the first mobile home where we stopped, two young girls were hanging their heads out of an open window, curious about who we were and why we were there. They warmed up to the church people right away.
My friend, Phyllis and I approached another mobile home, and found a boy about 8-10 years of age working on an old wagon. We made small talk with him. I offered him a lollipop, which he readily refused. When we asked him if he'd like to go to Sunday School, he replied, "No." Both of us had a hard time with his response.
Phyllis snapped a picture of him, and we continued to talk about him after we moved on to other homes. Why was he so solemn? What kind of life did he live behind closed doors? What had happened in his young life to make him so guarded? It's still bothering me today. I am including his picture for you. Pray that God will soften his heart, so he will come and be a part of the exciting Sunday School program going on in this city.
On Sunday, I thought back to my own life and had to tell the Lord how grateful I was and still am that my parents were born again by the time I turned ten. I never had to live in the kind of conditions I saw Saturday. My heart is still full of thanksgiving for my blessings, but after Saturday's outreach, I realize that there are so many who live without what I knew as the norm.
What is really sad is that there are so many children who live in godless homes, where they witness all kinds of violence and immorality on television, and perhaps even among their family members. Can we reach them? I am reminded of the verse in the Bible where Jesus said....
Luke 10:2
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
There are so many fields of labor for the Lord but, sadly, the labourers are so few. There is so much to do.
May our hearts be touched by the love of Jesus Christ so we will feel as He does about lost souls... and do our part in His harvest!
Hope to see you again tomorrow!
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