Yesterday I wasn’t teaching at Cross Point so I got the opportunity to go around and visit several of our other campuses.
All of our Cross Point campuses were doing baptisms which made it especially sweet.
One of my favorite people I met yesterday was a 71 year old woman out at the Dickson campus who was baptized. She was invited to Cross Point back in December and has been there ever since. I had to take a picture with her right after she took the plunge. It was difficult to hold back the tears as it took several minutes to safely lower Ann into the water for baptism. There was nothing convenient about her decision to follow through with this moment. And yet the joy on her face as pastor Willy Maxwell immersed her was unmistakable.
She told me afterwards, with a gigantic smile on her face, that this week she had the opportunity to attend a Bible Study for the first time in her life. How cool is that? She went on to tell me her only regret was that she didn’t have the opportunity to meet and follow Jesus earlier in her life. Somehow I think God’s not done with Ann.
I know He used her yesterday to remind me to:
Never give up on someone.
Whether they’re 17 or 71 who knows when He’ll move in their heart and they’ll have their defining moment with the cross.
1 Timothy 2:1-6 1 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 2 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. 3 This is good and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. 5 For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. 6 He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.
