Journey Day 187

Somewhere along the line, during my 3 years at school I became a cynic. when I say I became a cynic, I mean That I lost faith in my fellow believers and in their authenticity. It appeared that so many Christians would say one thing, but their life would reflect something completely different. But then tonight at Winterfest the speaker did his usual altar call, challenging the kids to allow Jesus to rescue them. what a simple yet wonderful concept! to be humble before our Savior, and be rescued by Him! Typically I see the altar call as a joke. An excuse for peiple to bring the attention to themselves as they "rededicate" their life to Christ, but in that moment it was like God was saying "Sarah these kids are desiring to be close to me right now, maybe it won't last forever but in this moment they want nothing more then to be close to me. Is your walk with me so perfect that you can criticize their's?" And as students poured up the stairs to pray with their leaders, I was overwhelmed with how powerful and loving my God is! The rescuer of our souls is so passionate about us that He stirs our heats to draw close to Him. My cynicism went out the door, and my heart overflowed with joy for these followers of God! I can't expect every person that steps up during an altar call to be completely genuine, but I can believe that my God can use altar calls and christian concerts to bring His children close to him! Pray for the thousands of kids and adults that accepted Christ tonight! alone they can't do it, but with the help of God and our prayers,their faith can be genuine! : ) Bye, bye cynicism and hello hope!