Winner of "The Most Touching Performance of the Year"
I think Billy Boyd should get an Oscar for his vocal in "the Return of the King". Just a personal opinion... maybe that's because I'm listening to it right now and want to cry :)
I heard a woman speak today at the FVCH chapel who works in the Jacob's Well mission in Downtown Vancouver. She told us that she originally thought that by befriending the 16,000 drug addicted people in the neighborhood surrounding Main and Hastings, that she would be Jesus to those people. She then shared with us Matthew 25:37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' "
She realized that those drug addicted people are actually Jesus to her. That when Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was he replied, "To Love the Lord your God with all your heart and to Love your Neighbor as yourself". Then an expert in the law needed him to clarify who your neighbor is so Jesus graces him with a response in the form of a parable. It was the parable of the Good Samaritan.
This woman challenged us to change the world... it seems like everyone is doing that now-a-days... which is not at all a bad thing. She said because we were young that we had a head start on her in practicing James 1:27 "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." Aside from mother Teresa, this woman told of her mentor, an old 90 year old lady who after becoming a Christian late in life, spent then till now befriending the drug addicted community of Vancouver. She would walk down the street and as drugs were being handed off for money, this feeble old lady would place her hand on theirs and say, "Now boys, God has something so much better for the two of you." They would then proceed to open up to her about their day and what brought them to this point of going out for drugs again. Then they would ASK her to pray for them! She new everyone in the community by name and they new her name. She has spent her life serving Jesus very literally.
When she was done speaking my heart was heavy, but I couldn't help rejoicing for the life of this old woman and the ministry that she inspired.
I heard a woman speak today at the FVCH chapel who works in the Jacob's Well mission in Downtown Vancouver. She told us that she originally thought that by befriending the 16,000 drug addicted people in the neighborhood surrounding Main and Hastings, that she would be Jesus to those people. She then shared with us Matthew 25:37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' "
She realized that those drug addicted people are actually Jesus to her. That when Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was he replied, "To Love the Lord your God with all your heart and to Love your Neighbor as yourself". Then an expert in the law needed him to clarify who your neighbor is so Jesus graces him with a response in the form of a parable. It was the parable of the Good Samaritan.
This woman challenged us to change the world... it seems like everyone is doing that now-a-days... which is not at all a bad thing. She said because we were young that we had a head start on her in practicing James 1:27 "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." Aside from mother Teresa, this woman told of her mentor, an old 90 year old lady who after becoming a Christian late in life, spent then till now befriending the drug addicted community of Vancouver. She would walk down the street and as drugs were being handed off for money, this feeble old lady would place her hand on theirs and say, "Now boys, God has something so much better for the two of you." They would then proceed to open up to her about their day and what brought them to this point of going out for drugs again. Then they would ASK her to pray for them! She new everyone in the community by name and they new her name. She has spent her life serving Jesus very literally.
When she was done speaking my heart was heavy, but I couldn't help rejoicing for the life of this old woman and the ministry that she inspired.
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