Singled Out

Do you ever feel like Moses? No, I’m not talking about Charlton Heston and his mighty voice as he and Hollywood part the Red Sea. I mean the actual Moses. The one who God singled out and said “Hey, you there, I’ve got a job for you.”

Do you ever feel like that? Like God wants you to do something big but you shrink back instead saying “This is too big for me” and look around for an escape?

It’s like when you were in grade school and everyone was lined up at the front of the class. And the teacher suddenly points to you and says “Okay, I want you to do _(some big thing)_ right now.” And you look horrified as you try desperately to blend in with the scenery, hiding behind your classmates.

Well that’s how I felt tonight. I was at the Compassion International website looking up some info on our sponsored "son" from Haiti, Jean, when I saw a link for Compassion Sunday. Curious, I checked it out. There were resources and packets to send for to help someone run this amazing one-day event. What is it? In a nutshell, it’s a way to tap the Church on the shoulder and point out the world’s poorest kids, explaining how we can each help at least one child escape poverty through sponsorship.

As I checked out all of the cool resources available I found this video presentation:

Oh, man! Tears filled my eyes to the brim as I watched. And as soon as it ended and the tears splashed my cheeks I knew, I just knew, I had to help host a Compassion Sunday event. In an instantaneous burst, almost like a quick breath in, I felt and heard God telling me “Do it. You know you need to and you CAN.” But then, as I tucked my face inside my shirt {sleep shirt, very stretchy…and tear-absorbent}, in the next breath out my head silently screamed “But I CAN’T!!!”

“Who will listen to ME?!?” kept turning over in my brain. First I’d have to get my pastor and missions minister on board. Then comes the real fun – the presentation. TechDaddy is a whiz at making presentations for his job. He can create anything AND implement it with style. By association {and the mere fact that I know he’ll help me since I’m an amazing cook – and he likes to eat} I’ve got the “creating” part covered. It’s the “implementing the presentation” part that has me gulping. Our church body is around 1200 people. Divide that up between two services and we’re looking at roughly 600. That’s 600 warm bodies that I’d have to get UP in front of to make said presentation. Feeling like Moses here!

So this is where I say “to be continued” and leave you hanging. And hopefully you’ll go check out the Compassion website. Because it’s so very easy to release a child from poverty through sponsorship. {Psst! The hardest part is picking just one child.}