44 years in the waiting...

Last weekend one of our guys from the Boomerang Project came to church . The Gentlemen hadn't stepped into a church in 44 years ( in the last week he's been in twice) and when he came in the first thing he said was 'where are the pews' . He then said it looked more like a concert than a church, as he had been made to go to his local church when he was a young lad.

Throughout the whole service, he listened and stood. And when the collection box came around, I told him he didn't have to put anything in, its just for the regulars, ( to be honest, I felt bad ,as this guy is homeless and didn't want him feeling poor inside the church as well) but he turned to me and said, 'its the least he could do for God, as his people have been doing alot for him lately,' at which point I started to get teary eyed, so stared at the ceiling for half an hour.

Of everything that day one of the comments that stand out the most is when he said, it was the atmosphere of love and friendliness inside the building that he liked most. It was great to see church people make a bee line for him, and rejoice over him, Its like God opened people's eyes to see him and gave out bucket loads of boldness to introduce themselves to him.

I will be seeing him tonight and I am sure he will keep going on about these amazing coincidences that keep happening to him. Last week he said 'right now, his drug is life', he said he's 'enjoying life again'. How good is God  and his church when we see people through his eyes.