I pastor some of the greatest volunteer servants that I have ever know. Yesterday they all stood out in the hot sun and gave out over 4,000 free bottles of water to people at the NC Apple Festival. I'm still in awe of what God did.
We had planned on giving out 1,400 bottles. Then we decided to double that. We ran out of the 2,800 bottles around noon! Then one of our volunteers said, "Pastor I will go and buy some more!" He came back with over 900 more. By this time we were so close to 4,000 that I called our volunteer leader and said, "Let's get some more and give out 4,000. She said, "Let's go for it!"
One lady stopped me as we gave her water and thanked me profusely saying, "It is so wonderful to see a church giving something away!"
Our most common reaction was "Free? Really?" People are not used to gifts with no strings attached. It wows them. In this case it wowed them for Christ.
Another man was riding down the road and stopped at a traffic light. One of our volunteers offered him a bottled water on the spot. He stopped them with a look of amazement and said, "You won't believe this, but I just said, "God I'm thirsty and I could really use something to drink. Then there was a bottle of water in my face!"
Jesus said, "And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.” Matthew 10:42. I enjoyed watching some blessed people today!
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