Unless I see the nail holes… I won’t believe it.
“Unless I see the nail holes… I won’t believe it” John 20:25.
On Monday, I sat on the edge of the little ottoman in my office with Dwight and Peggy, a mom and a dad who lost their young daughter, Sarah in a fatal car accident on the mission field. I can’t even begin to grasp the unyielding emotional agony from such a devastating tragedy. I shared their tears… and their mind-blowing hope for scores of young people to risk it all for the sake of the Gospel.
I got to see some nail holes the next day when Dwight and Peggy shared the story with me that Sarah had received her call to missions at an Acquire the Fire, a ministry I helped pioneer. Wow! “So, you believe because you’ve seen with your own eyes.”
Many of us give our lives in thoughtful and all-consuming ways and so often we don’t get to “see” outcomes. “Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing.”
I do what I do, to help others do what they do, so others can do what they do… and in the end God does what only He can do.
God help me to do what I do in way that honors you, others, and the lives of so many who have given it all in response to what you’ve asked them to do.
Now, let’s go do something with our lives.
Because you did what God asked you to do, I am 38 years old and love the Lord, to the most inner parts of me….. You were such a great youth leader that as I say yes that is my prayer to lead our youth of today in a direction that will impact their life like mine was…. I will never forget “Rapture” practice… Or D.C. 88…. I tell you even though I strayed away it was those moments that gave me hope….. To the family at the time of lost I pray for you….. But now another angel looking and watching over us….
wow, that’s powerful, I imagine it really brings it home for ya.