Service

Joshua's famous quote about "Choose you this day whom you will serve. . ." may need to be updated for this century. It may need to be choose this moment or second. We live in an almost instantaneous society. Time is now counted in nanoseconds and even shorter periods of time.

We were off at 6:30AM yesterday to serve coffee to the people who choose to party all night. In one section of town the bars close at 8:00AM and some people stay there all night an listen to way too loud music, drink and dance (plus other things) in the street. We were a part of about 30 people (22 young adults from Texas) who were passing out free coffee and hot chocolate to the crowd. We did get a chance to have some spiritual conversations with people and some were sober.

Lucy talked with one person who slept all night and just came out for the free coffee.

The responses ranged from somewhat receptive/seeking (a very few) to indifferent (many) to antagonistic (a very few). But they saw God's love and Jesus at work. That they cannot deny. When one guy tried to pay me I told him we were doing this because God had blessed us and we wanted to pass along the blessings. He could not believe it was free. I told him it was not it had cost God His only Son so that he could get free coffee. Not sure how much he processed but He heard about God's sacrifice for him.

It was a very good chance to practice Flemish in a real world setting. One young man who is a construction engineer kept telling me how amazed he was at my Flemish. After one year he said I was doing real well. I patted him on the back and told him I was amazed that he was still standing. We laughed and had a good time. He told me he would see me again this morning. I hope so.

We spent the rest of the day with our Team Leaders showing them the ministry opportunities for next year. You too can be a part. Just let us know if God is calling you to help.

So we are off at 6:30AM again this morning to do the same. Then we will spend the afternoon (2:00PM until 6:00PM) giving free pancakes (crepes) and coffee to anyone who will stop by for a visit and perhaps a chat about God. We are serving with the pancake outreach Wednesday through Saturday afternoons. Pray for that and the other groups who are doing street evangelism this week.

By they way, who will you serve this moment? If you do not constantly decide you will be like the person on the commercial and lament "Wow, I could have had a V8." You will miss it. Choose now to serve someone and God will bring that person into your life.