It was so encouraging during our prep time before coming to BUMP to hear the students request to serve on our morning off. Over a four hour period this morning, we were a part of providing meals for 150 kids for a year. And it fit in so well with what we've been talking about in our morning sessions -- God's heart for social justice.
In John 21, three different times Jesus asks Simon Peter 'do you love me?' and after hearing Peter's response, 'yes', he replied 'feed my lambs...take care of my sheep...feed my sheep'. Reading that passage in a discussion time yesterday, we could feel the vastness of the emotion in that conversation. There is incredible compassion. Love. Love for His children, all of them. Passion. And he wants to show that through us.
Arriving at our site this afternoon, each one of us was depleted of all energies. It was so evident that if anything good came from our tired, sometimes crabby selves tonight, it was from God completely. And boy did He meet us. The night was dripping with God's mercy for our tiredness, His energy and love flowing through us, and His patience we were practicing. God met us in very tangible ways this week. In this weakness, God's greatness was glorified.
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