This is about a small glimpse of a ministry I did. It touched my heart…
What is the Gospel to me?
First thing I think about is mercy. God wants us to feel His mercy. The prostitutes come to my mind when I think of this question. Going and talking to them like they are already my brothers and sisters in Christ. To show them that I, someone who believes in a God of mercy to shine through me. Not necessarily preach at them. Just sitting, talking and showing them I really care. Something I’ve been learning is I can say, ask anything I want but why am I doing it? Because I am curious or because I actually care. Literally learning to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Not just doing it because I am told. Doing it because I am seeing broken people with Jesus’ eyes.
Wednesday was a night we went out and sat with the prostitutes. When we first got there I was timid. There was so much I wanted to say and actually hear their story in English but I excused it with the language barrier. As the night went on I sat there listening to every word as if I knew what the person was saying. As they spoke I looked at them and tried to feel their pain and wanted to understand why they chose this lifestyle. It felt real, all to real, seeing men and women getting dropped off and picked up. I realized these are normal people with real dreams who get consumed into this lie and truly believe this is all that is left for them, no way out.
I observed the translator who was talking to the prostitute I could see his passion for their souls. even though it was all in Spanish you can sense the love and realness that was there. They really care for their souls and not just trying to throw Jesus in their faces or make them feel worthless. It spoke volumes to me because you can see the prostitutes facial expressions it was triggering something in their minds to make them think, wow a man named Jesus really does love me? A man really cares about my lost soul. That is why it brought me to the question of what is the gospel to me. This is the gospel to me, hurting people doing awful things are given mercy to be set free today. It isn’t a process, it isn’t about walking into a church building and saying the sinners prayer, to me its about Love and Mercy. To show the hurt that there is hope, and to not punish yourself or hate the world for hurting you back.
