Melting Peoples Hearts

This past week I met with a guy who has cerebral palsy. We meet every other Friday for lunch and to talk about spiritual things. This past Friday we met to talk about what it means to be a Christian and to share with him what salvation is. God has been working on his heart and his is ready. It is so evident that God has turned his heart from stone to flesh and he is just soaking up everything in the Bible. He told me that he wants to believe and accept the salvation as a gift but he is scared of what his parents may think. Please pray for him!

After we have lunch and talk, we head over to play basketball in the main Whitewater gym. Even with being in a powered wheel chair that doesn't keep him down. We were watching some of the guys playing as we got there and they were pretty intense and kind of talking back to each other. Once the game was over, we both got on the court and shot around. It was amazing how it seemed to melt the guys hearts when he came on the court.

I think a lot of times we take for granted our ability to run and stand. It's humbling playing with him on the court because we want him to enjoy playing also and it causes us to put aside our own desires and selfishness. My desire is not that you look at me and how good I am, because really it's because of Christ in me that gives me the heart and compassion to share with him about the gospel and treat him that way. But my hope is that by being obedient to God and setting aside my selfishness to get out on the court, that the others would wonder why I did that and be impacted. The least that we all can do is help those around us that are handicap. This guy was born with cerebral palsy and it wasn't anything that he did that caused him to be that way. I know that God is using this guy in my life to refine me.

-For the sake of the Gospel
Tim and Tara Chamberlain