a cigarette butt's a sweet sight!

no, i'm serious, it is!

walking out the doors of our church, i looked and saw a cigarette butt.  and it made me smile.  an assessment of the evidence seems to point to our celebrate recovery ministry that meets on tuesday nights, a ministry that incorporates scheduled "smoke breaks" as i understand it.

and i love it.

it means people are coming to lay their lives out for our church to see.  it means they're coming to hear the Truth.  it means their coming to Jesus.  and it means that He is working!

in fact, this sunday we're going to hear a testimony from a brother who's just become a believer...has kept his life clean from drugs for a couple months, heard the gospel through the CR ministry, trusted in Christ, invited everyone he could to come witness his baptism (in the creek in the pouring rain), has voraciously pursued getting involved at church, wants to grow, and is an incurably contagious follower of Christ!  love it!  (just heard this morning that his mom trusted in Christ for salvation last night!!)

so i hope we see many more cigarette butt's in front of our doors.

in fact, i'm gonna pray for it.  i don't want to butt against what God's doing!  Lord Jesus, keep drawing people to Yourself!