Convinced

Today, 6 of us trainees from Light of the World Ballet went to do what we refer to as "Wednesday Outreach." There have been variations on what kind of outreach we do, and today, we did outreach in one of its purest forms - street evangelism.
So, armed with Dunkin Donuts gifts cards, a lot of prayer, and the name of Jesus on our lips and the love of God in our hearts, we headed out to a street corner that has a ton of bus stops around. (Please don't think of me as super spiritual, or a super Christian for doing this. It scared me half to death both times we've done this....)
Suffice it to say, it is very nerve-wracking approach a person who you literally just met on the street and try to talk to them about Jesus. But, approach we did....

The last time we went was freezing cold, and many people were so closed that they wouldn't even want any sort of prayer, or even a cup of coffee. Today was much warmer, and perhaps the wonderful presence of the sun had melted away some of the hardness of hearts and faces. (Either that, or the awesome presence of the Lord had been working on opening hearts! I'm pretty sure that was the real reason.) We talked to these two black girls who I could have sworn were in their 20s, but were only 14 and 15. One of them wasn't in school because she got suspended for something having to do with drugs. The other shared with us how her dad had lung cancer, and could go any day. We took them to Dunkin Donuts and got to talk with them about Jesus and pray with them before they headed off down the street.
We also talked to this guy named Shane, who recently got diagnosed with a mental illness. He was very open to hearing about Jesus, and I had the privilege of presenting the Gospel to him. We invited him to church on Sunday, and we're praying that he comes. At the end, we prayed for him and when I looked up, he had tears in his eyes. WOW, talk about divine appointments - being in the right place at the right time.

I kept thinking of the story in Acts 3 of a lame beggar getting healed. The beggar asks Peter and John for money, to which Peter replies "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!" And the man is healed and starts leaping around praising the Lord. The Lord knows that I have literally nothing to offer on my own - all I have is what He has given me. And it is more than enough, because in the name of Jesus is power, and there is no other name under heaven by which men can be saved. And the awesome thing about witnessing to someone else is that is strengthens your own belief as well - it makes me even more convinced of the fact that Jesus is alive and He is good and holy and righteous and powerful....
I could go on all day.

Some pics we took afterward...