It has been said that the greatest hindrance to accepting the Gospel may be the idea of accepting a gift that we can never repay. I thought about that this week as I worked on our Operation Christmas Child project. Could it be that easy? Could it be that just our simple pride gets in the way of accepting a gift of eternal value? How incredibly sad! That's why I love this project so much. Some child, and the parents of that child, and entire communities, are going to receive gifts from total strangers thousands of miles away, who have never met them and know nothing about them, and still love them enough to send these very special packages. They will have no means of repaying us. We know this, and somehow knowing that makes the process of giving all that more precious and exciting!
What a beautiful picture of God's love for us. My hope and prayer is that through these gifts, one child, one family, one community may be able to better understand how a God they have never seen could send a gift they could never repay, just because He loves them, and because He CAN! I can't think of a better way to get across the message of salvation, can you? To be God's hands and feet to help spread His message of love on this earth – what bigger calling could there be?!
So jump on board! We are more than half-way to our goal of 50 boxes!! If you have not had a chance to contribute to the shipping cost ($7/box) you will have another opportunity at the next MOPS meeting. Check the newsletter for your groups assigned gifts (I promise you will spend no more than $5/person for your gifts!) and give generously as the Lord leads you. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get to heaven and hear how these gifts affected lives for eternity!
Jan
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Are we really halfway? That's AWESOME!!!
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