by Geroge Mason, Learning Center Supervisor, The City Mission
A 2009 Crossroads graduate named Jerry stopped in at the Learning Center today. So what is so unusual about this? Nothing—and that is why his visit is so special.
Jerry is a walking epistle, a living, breathing, example of the power of Jesus Christ to change lives. From his days, or should I say nights, of sleeping at RTA bus stops in The Flats, to having his own apartment, Jerry testifies to the success of Christ in his life. This transformation is the new life the Bible speaks of in 2 Corinthians 5:17; “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
Believe it or not, it actually makes me think of gardening. Soon I’ll be putting in my vegetable
garden from seed. It has been said the principle of sowing and reaping means that we reap what we sow, later than we sow, and more than we sow. I know for a fact that when I sow one tomato seed, I’ll harvest a tomato plant with eight to ten fruit. Since life in the natural reflects life in the spiritual, it is no mystery that the success Jerry is experiencing results from Jerry and others sowing Jesus into Jerry. Here is Jerry’s recipe: weekly attendance at worship, daily bible study, daily fellowship, continual prayer and the openness to be used by Christ 24/7, 365 days of the year.
Jerry’s visits are special because he is special and he is special because of Jesus.
Have you seen these kinds of seeds produce a rich harvest in you or someone you know? If you have, please tell us about it in the comment section.