Full, Abundant Life

"I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.  He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:9

God's truth.  For every person.  Every color.  Every nation.  Every tribe.  He has come to save.  He has come to give life to the full.  How do you tell this to a 3 or 4 year old who was found under a bush, malnourished and left to die. Only 11 pounds.  So malnourished, no one in her culture wants to look at her because she is so sick. Haven't found the parents yet.   How do you tell a twin girl, 10 years old, malnourished and starving, with no parents to care for her and her siblings.  No food at home, only at school where they are sponsored.  How do you tell a boy, burned in a fire.  His arm, stomach, ear and back. Went a whole night without telling anyone.  Just a little boy.  How do you tell this to a little girl.  Abused in every way.  Night after night.  No one to protect her when she calls.  How do you tell a young boy who gets beat every time he is late getting home.  How do you tell someone who has never been loved that they have a perfect Father in heaven who gave His life.  Perfect love. 

These are some of the real people we have met so far.  Too many to tell.  There are so many hungry, so many alone,so many sick, too many.  We are struggling with what this looks like.  We continue to tell them. We continue to hold them,  we continue to cry with them, cry out for them, feed them, play with them,  hear them.  But in the end, it is only Jesus who can do anything.  Only Jesus who can save them.  Only Jesus who can turn their mourning into dancing. 

He left the 99 and chased after the one.  One is worth it.  Even one.  The one in front of us.  That is the one we will tell.  That is the one we will love.  We will give them all to Him.  Lay them down at the foot of the cross.  They are His.  Not ours. We must not turn the other way.  We must reach out.  We follow Jesus.  He knows the way.  He is THE WAY.

Full, abundant life is knowing Jesus!! He is Lord!!