Sunday, March 23, 2008

After an amazing weekend

What do you do after a weekend such as this? I am emotionally drained, and physically spent, but I couldn't be happier! God showed up in such a huge way and touched so many lives with a few stories and a lot of obedient children! He also reminded me that life is so precious, and can be taken away whenever He decides to call us home. Today I saw 4 people come to Christ in obedience and declare their devotion to Him by being baptized that were a direct result of two people who just came to Christ last July, then their lives were tragically cut short by a drunk driver just six months later. But their story lives on, in the changed, transformed lives of these new believers. When they played a video of the couple, the husband held up a card: on the front was his life before Jesus: "running from God", and on the back was his life after Jesus: "walking with God." In the midst of my tears, I came to an amazing realization: he actually is "walking with God"- I mean, he's there, in the presence of God, RIGHT NOW!!! I wonder if he and his wife got to watch as their friends came to Christ due to their influence. I wonder if they had front row seat in Heaven as these precious believers were baptized and represented the resurrection. I bet they did...and I bet they were among the loudest cheerleaders as the party went on in Heaven today for 70 souls were once lost, but now are found. AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND!!!

1 comments:

Amber said...

Awesome! I love it when you can almost feel God! Seems to happen a lot at Baptism. Cool blog!