For the last several years, our youth have had a tradition on the Thanksgiving Eve. We load up in our vans and make the hour and a half trip to Charlotte, NC to help Samaritan’s Purse pack boxes for Operation Christmas Child. It is such a joy to see our youth and adults work side by side in an attempt to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through this amazing ministry. The gifts are small but they aid the missionaries tremendously as they hand them out and share the love of Christ.
This year our boxes went to Ecuador, North Africa, Georgia (The country, not the home of the bulldawgs), and a Muslim country that could not be named due to their hostility towards Christians.
Every year we go I am reminded of Romans 12:1-2 which says, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
I use to think that this was just a small sacrifice. However, God has reminded me that any sacrifice made for Jesus could have a more profound effect on the Kingdom than we could ever hope, dream or imagine.
