Some Wonderers and Wonderings . . .
Jason comes to the steps of the mission apartment and sits. As he sits he wonders if God is calling him. He sits and wonders why he returns to these steps again and again.
Fred walks by on his way home. He stops and asks, “Is this a church?” He wonders because he says he always feels a calmness in his heart as he passes by.
The phone rings and John asks, “I am wondering about the Christian religion. Can you help me? Voodoo is not making sense to me any longer. I wonder if there isn’t something else I need?”
Sandra wonders what the difference is between our faith and other plain groups. She attends both our services and theirs. She wonders what she cannot explain.
Abigail wonders at the feeling of ‘home’ she received the first time she walked into the mission church. She wonders how she found us while on a walk to the grocery store.
Dan wonders why others can’t relate to his born again experience. He wonders why they don’t understand what he is speaking about and why we do.
Eduardo calls and wonders when we are coming to visit. He wonders how to help his wife to become a true Christian.
Janesha wonders why the light burns all night in the windows of the mission. Will that light stay burning in this city of millions?
Do we wonder if the Lord is calling? Do we wonder where the workers are? Do we wonder who will answer these wonderers? Do we wonder, “Is it I?”
From Sugar Hill Mennonite Mission, NYC
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