Seeing Jesus

One of the questions we ask each day in our devotional is “Where did you see Jesus today?” For the new people on the trip, it’s kind of difficult for some to open their hearts to see Jesus working. But having been on this trip for so many years, I’ve experienced this many times. Typically, it occurs during the church service, and it happened again today.

Our verse for the week is 1 John 3:18, “Dear children, do not love with words or speech, but in actions and in truth.” Reverend Lewis from St. Paul’s Methodist Church didn’t quote this verse, but he came pretty darn close. His message today was “Can good overcome evil?” And within the first few minutes he was talking about how many people say they are good, but don’t really do anything. He commanded us to take action, and by doing good deeds we will be able to defeat evil. The hair on my arms stood up, and I could feel a tingling all over my body. The murmurs from the group could be heard behind me, “That’s what our verse is.” Pretty cool.

Later in the day, we were able to head out to the beach for “God in Nature” day. But unfortunately, the initial plans did not come to fruition. Randy, Raoul’s brother, owns the boat that is used to take us out to the fishing traps and snorkeling location, but it has a broken part, so plans had to change. I don’t want you to feel bad for us because we were still able to spend 2 ½ hours swimming and playing in the cove, eating hamburgers and hot dogs, and just having some great fellowship time.

Where is Jesus in that? For me, it was in the laughter of the team, the new relationships that were being formed, and the positive attitude that everyone showed.

Finally, one of the biggest concerns that we had was how in the world would we be able to fit all 47 of us on the bus. (We now have 47 members because we adopted Lydia, the intern from Seabring, FL, who was rooming with Clare this past two weeks.) Well this morning as we boarded the bus for church, we discovered that it had EXACTLY 47 seats. Made it a lot easier to take a headcount. That’s what we call a God-wink.

This week we’ll be looking for Jesus in all facets of our work. Can’t wait to see Him again.