Come and See

COME AND SEE

Last week I had the opportunity of teaching from the New Testament about John the Baptist when he invited his followers to "Come and See". It was his invitation to come and see Christ. See for yourself His goodness, and meet the Savior of the world.

While preparing the lesson I kept thinking about how I was inviting others to "Come and See". I wondered if I was being a member missionary. I just recently had an experience that opened my eyes to what I could do more for the Kingdom of God.

It all started while I was on my way to drop Hailey off at school and my car lost all power. Hailey and I both prayed that we would make it to her school safely, and our prayers were answered (a tender mercy). After arriving at the school, my car was towed to the dealer to find out that there were thousands of dollars worth of damage to the car. I posted on Instagram the tender mercy of being safe, and the blessing of being able to pay for repairs despite my sadness over the cost. In my post I said it was a Chick Fil-A cookie kind of day, and I took a picture of me eating a cookie.

And here is the first post:

My husband and I joke about when I need a Chick Fil-A cookie. I can come up with pretty much any reason to NEED one, but today I had a good reason. There's always lessons to be learned. My car almost died when I was crossing traffic today. It just loss all power. All I could do was pray for power. I'm so grateful it started moving again so we could be safe. I somehow knew that if the car slowed to a stop, we would be stuck, so I continued to pray that we would make it to the school. When we pulled up to the school, it did indeed stop for good. It's a definite tender mercy that we made it to the school safely! I am so grateful. In the meantime, I keep telling myself what my mother-in-law always says, "It's just stuff". My car is just stuff. There are more important things . I am slightly disappointed that we will be using our Disney World fund to fix our "stuff", but we are so blessed to have a "fund' in the first place. I am truly feeling blessed despite my disappointment. So very blessed.

In response to this post, I received many comments of support; however, the interest in the cookie didn't occur until the following day when Jake stayed home from school. He didn't have a fever, but we kept him home, because he had an ear infection. While we were doing our morning chores, Jacob asked me if we could get a cookie at Chick-Fil-A, and another reason for a cookie sounded good to me.

Here is the second post:

"mom, since I have to stay home from school, don't you think I need a Chick-Fil-A cookie?" Just another reason for a cookie... I'm totally on board...

To this post, I had several people stating that they hadn't tried a cookie at Chick-Fil-A before, and they were now convinced that they needed to experience the cookie!

A few days later, Hailey and I went on a one-on-one date, and she chose to go to Chick-Fil-A for a cookie. At this point, I thought it was funny, so I posted our adventure:

Another reason for a Chick-Fil-A cookie...date night with this beauty! She's such a blessing in my life. I'm so grateful to call her my daughter!

Over the course of the week, I had 12 friends commit to trying the Chick-Fil-A cookie. In addition to those commitments, I had several people send me text messages and Facebook messages with pictures of themselves trying the cookie. 

It was just a journal of my week. (I happened to eat more Chick-Fil-A cookies that week than I had ever eaten.) I was simply trying to have a positive outlook while saddened by my car repairs. Then one day led to the next, and I kept finding myself at Chick-Fil-A for another cookie. It wasn't intentional to advertise for Chick-Fil-A. Although, I do love their cookies... I realize that 12 people eating a cookie, because I suggested it--really isn't astronomical; however, that's just it. It was a simple message on my Instagram feed. Couldn't I do something simple with the Gospel? Couldn't I do something like that with something that is really awesome? The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the greatest gift I have. And if that is true, shouldn't I share it? If one person is interested--it would be worth it.
This is how my eyes have been opened to John's invitation to "Come and See". I want to invite others to "Come and See" the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Just Come. Enjoy a while. I promise it is far sweeter than a cookie!