It's a big week for four-year-old Lucy.
At her church’s Vacation Bible School, she was challenged to receive Christ as her Savior—and she did! One might not expect to see much dramatic life transformation in a four-year-old (not exactly a "life of sin" from which to turn away). But one would be wrong.
Lucy is suddenly a fearless (if not fiery) preacher. Her mother calls her an evangelist. She regularly gets into the face of her two-year-old sister and proclaims, “Sadie, you need to make a decision!” But Lucy’s gospel witness is more than lip service.
At the VBS, students hear daily talks from missionaries who serve in Papua New Guinea. Lucy now bubbles over with tidbits about life in Papua New Guinea, and the vast needs they have there.
So taken is Lucy with the spiritual condition of Papua New Guinea and the enterprising work of the missionaries, she boldly announced to her mother that she wanted to give her money to “the Michigans.”
With due respect to our Michigan readers, Lucy’s spiritual journey is worth noting. She wants her money (not somebody else’s) to get to “the Michigans.”
Lucy is living proof:
When Jesus touches your heart, He also touches your wallet.
And maybe that’s the reason so many of us give so little—we’ve only let Him touch our hearts a little. But if He’s touched us—really touched us—then we can’t help but give.
To the church.
To the homeless.
To “the Michigans."