Day 57: After the Boys & Girls Club . . .

Thanks to an invite from a friend I got the chance to help out at a Boys & Girls club near downtown Columbus and I know what you're thinking. Isn't he a giver, lol!

All joking aside it was sort of a blast from the past and it got me thinking about were a lot of kids I knew while growing up ended up over the years.

Right when you think the story is going somewhere I'm taking a turn.

There were three of us helping out with these kids and running a few stations to get these kids active. Bethany had invited me and this other girl to help her out and what I found out in the car was that this other girl didn't even know B.

We got somewhat acquainted in the car and had a chance to talk some more once we got to the club .

I'm gonna skip some more because this isn't supposed to be the blog of esm.

The kids were . . . energetic to say the least, hah, but it was good and I think everyone involved got something from the experience.

After rounding up all of our supplies we left

This is where the magic happens.

While riding back to the campus area I got to chatting with my new chum when Jesus comes up :-)

It turns out this girl went to Catholic School for a little while and believed in Jesus but there was still something about having a relationship with Him that was missing.

There was a moment when she said that all things have to end sometime in regards to the feeling you get during retreats and I responded by saying that even though retreats end a relationship with Jesus and God should never end.

Earlier on she had asked me how old I was and when I told her she said that her boyfriend back home was the same age. All this happened in like two seconds and without much fanfare because we were about to get started with all the Boys & Girls club fun.

Now, after all of this time, it came together for me.

I told her to think about a great time with her boyfriend back home. Than I asked her to imagine coming back home and never calling him on the phone or even sending so much as an email his way. What would become of that relationship and what sort of things could get in the way.

She was stunned!

I was stunned

PRAISE JESUS!!!

After that she was kind of excited about our talk and seemed to really open up some more.

I'm hoping B will be able to talk to her some more but for now . . . I just know it was good.

Anytime God gets in the picture it's good.

Lesson learned

I'm sure God loves it when we do His will. I pray we don't get so scarred that we miss out on all the wonderful ways this life can play out if we were only brave enough to give God a chance.

A chance for what you ask?

A chance to work through us for something more than just waking up and going to sleep with dead air in between.