Awesome night on the West side of Toledo tonight. Tim and I went to a Community dinner at someones home. People were coming in and out from the area neighborhoods. Homeless and Doctors, the rich and the poor. It was by far the coolest mix of people fellowshipping I have ever seen. We talked with a homeless man in one conversation and then to a young dating couple who are both in med. school. One neighbor came in the house for food and asked if she could go and get her friend to come over. "Well of course" was her answer. Half hour later here she comes back with her friend. You see, everyone is welcome there. Nobody is allowed to donate for the food otherwise some might not come because they would feel bad if they can't give. We didn't know people but met a few and loved just watching the interaction among people.
It was the epitomy of what the body of Christ is suppose to be about. Just loving on people with no barriers between each other and giving, giving and giving to others. I plan on going again.
We gave a homeless man a ride home (not sure how your homeless if you have a home, although we dropped him off at a corner so who knows) and he told us that God will bless us for giving him a ride home. Sounds good to me, although he blessed me. As we listened to him talking to us from the back seat my eyes filled with tears. Seriously, why do I ever think I don't have enough? Why do I ever want more? Why am I not more content? He said "people tell me your shoes are so old and your clothes are so old, how can you talk about Jesus? I just tell them that it's not what's on the outside but what's on the inside that counts. I have Jesus in my heart? Have you ever felt Jesus so much in your heart that you just want to explode?" I could feel the tears in my eyes. He sat in my back seat for maybe 15 minutes but he blessed me and reminded me of what is most important in life.
I think Jesus would have hung out with him.
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