Wrecked.
There was one specific moment at Catalyst that just messed me up. It was an unplanned and self-obliterating moment. Perhaps you had to be there, perhaps not. I just know that I can barely think of this moment without tears. I’m not even sure what to do with something as pure and powerful as this.
Compassion International introduced us to Jimmy, from Kenya, who was sponsored for 19 years. He told us that he’d formed a relationship with Jesus and how he was now training at the Moody Bible Institute to become a pastor and go back to Kenya. Jimmy now is sponsoring a child from Haiti. To say that his life has been changed is a dramatic understatement.
He was asked if he’d ever met his sponsor. He said no. They brought out Mark, the man who had chosen to sponsor Jimmy for those 19 years. Jimmy couldn’t handle it. He began weeping and sobbing and couldn’t stop. There were a massive amount of tears as Jimmy and Mark embraced. Eventually Jimmy couldn’t stand. He could only sit on the stage at the feet of his sponsor, sobbing, surrounded by 13,000 people. He was wrecked.
This is the uncontrollable response of someone who is introduced to his Rescuer.
(Photo by Tom Howe)
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