Blessings Abound

The past 3 weeks have been going well. Last week we had the Christ the King Prebyterian church join us with some middle and high school students. They came out with us this past summer also. Emmett was the only homeless guy that was there last week, but it still went really well. The people from the church had to leave early and Emmett left right after the study so the group from Rice were the only ones left. We had an awesome time of prayer. It's an amazing blessing having such a wonderful group Christian friends on campus. I was a little concerned that Emmett was the only guy in the park to show up, but the body of Christ can glorfying God no matter who we have gathered.

This week Jason gave an excellent talk on consecration. It got me thinking about the majesty of God and the importance of honoring Him; things I sometimes brush off and take for granted. We had Robert, Dave and Emmett with us. Robert was planning on going back to work with the carnival, but that fell through. Both he and Robert felt very blessed by the fact that God had given them another day. It reminds me of the perspective I should have when I'm not feeling content with all the amazing things God has blessed me with that I don't deserve.

Something really cool happened while we were talking after. Robert was telling a story of how he was mean to a lady that was riding the ride he was controlling at a carnival. Where I think a lot of people would have laughed it off and said "oh well, crazy homeless guy", none of us did. Stephen and Kathleen told him in a gentle way that it wasn't right. He tried to justify it, but I think it got him thinking about his attitude. I saw in it a sincere love that those who participate in church in the park have for the guys out there. It was also refreshing to see Christians set apart from the world; to see them as the saints they are. God is faithful and is still doing amazing things in church in the park.

-Sean