Those simple boxes...
I have written about “simple boxes”, operation Christmas boxes, in the past...
At our worship service we had our first short video about those simple boxes...the smiles, the joy, just permeated the room, my soul...
I just pictured and replaced in my mind all the people seated there, was transported to Columbia, South America...
The congregation would been seated on a hard concrete floor, louvered 2x4 board “windows”, each in their best shorts and tee shirts....they would have walked up to 2 1/2 hours on dusty country trails to get to the meeting place in flip flops or similar “shoes”...they would have been seated in age groups 2-14 years of age, anticipating whatever was going to happen....
The abundant harvest display in the front of our sanctuary would be replaced with a covered pile of boxes, no music or fancy equipment ...(the children don’t know that they are getting a free gift symbolizing the free gift which God gives Through Jesus)...the pastor would have been a former witch doctor...the only chairs available would be relegated to “visitors”...
Clowns would appear giving a fun presentation...then a speaker would explain their free “gift”, boxes would be uncovered, each one distributed to each child, a countdown made, then pandemonium as boxes are ripped into...squeals, , giggles, laughter...parents, grandparents, onlookers would watch and listen to all..
Those simple boxes have the opportunity to change lives...an invitation would be issued to all to attend a Bible study to learn of the Savior of the world, the real gift...a church may be planted... a village changed...lives transformed...
Simple boxes with a simple message...a gift, freely given...tells the story of Jesus who gave his life that all may live...
Thank YOU for the memories...the opportunity to give, the opportunity to receive ....
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John 3:16-17
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