Come and See

Come and see the Rock that has withstood the winds of time. Come and see the flame that tyrants and despots have not extinguished. Come and see the passion that oppression has not squelched. Come and see the hospitals and the orphanages rising beside the crumbling ruins of humanism and atheism. Come and see the great drama threading through twenty centuries of history and art. Come and see the changed lives, the alcoholic now dry, now embittered soul now joyful, the shamed now forgiven. Come and see the marriages rebuilt, the orphans embraced, the imprisoned inspired. Journey into the jungles and hear the drums beating in praise. Sneak into the corners of Communism and find believers worshiping under threat of death. Walk of death row and witness the prisoner condemned by man and yet liberated by God. Venture into the gulags and dungeons of this world and hear the songs of the saved refusing to be silent. Come and see the pieced hand of God touch the most common heart, wipe the tear from the wrinkled face and forgive the ugliest sin. Come and see the tomb, the tomb once occupied, now vacant; the grave once sealed, now empty. Come and see! He avoids no seeker, he ignores no probe, he fears no search. Come and see. - Excerpt from Wayne's sermon a couple of weeks ago.