{"id":1022,"date":"2018-06-10T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2018-06-27T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T15:23:07","slug":"rock-grit-glue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/2018\/06\/10\/rock-grit-glue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock. The Grit. The Glue."},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 24, 2018, approximately 400 motorcycles and five trucks with trailers, rolled into the welcoming parking lot of Falcon\u2019s Children Home<\/a>! It was an amazing sight to behold, young people and adults manned USA flags and banners as the worn and weary riders pulled in (they had been on the road for eight days, traveling from Los Angeles). This is the 30th Anniversary of Run For The Wall, a ride to promote healing for the veterans and to hold the USA accountable and say bring the POW\/MIAs (Prisoners of War and Missing in Action) home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The riders were all greeted with excitement and joy, smiles and hugs, and a well organized program. There were refreshments awaiting us all before we took our seats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The program included a welcome by Mr. Joey Leggett, posting of colors by students (a student knocked it out of the park when she sang the National Anthem) an emotional proclamation read by the Mayor of Falcon, Mr. Clifton Turpin Jr. and a special from the choir of the school.<\/p>\n

In the middle of the program they brought up the graduating class of 2018 to be honored by the riders of Run For The Wall. You could tell by these students faces, that it was scary, yet exciting to be honored by so many!<\/p>\n

As I meditated what happened that day, the excitement swelled within my soul. Could it be the Lord is raising up an army that will become like David\u2019s Mighty Men? These were men who were not the \u2018prime pickings\u2019 of the normal church or society. These young people have not had an easy path, things have befallen them that no child should have to endure. These students did not asked to be born into dysfunction. Yes, some of them have made some bad choices, but as Jesus asked, “who among you…?”<\/p>\n

I began to think of the foundation they are being given. Please follow the path of thought from an old construction worker who has mixed concrete by hand, poured more yards of concrete than I would like to remember and has spent many hours on his knees making it flat and pretty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rock: These students are gaining a strong foundation on the Rock of our Salvation. Jesus Christ is becoming real to them from the lives of the men and women devoting their life to the Kingdom of God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Grit: The sand in the mix that blends with the rocks to form the base of the foundation. As I reflected on the “class rooms” built from barracks from Fort Bragg in neighboring Fayetteville, NC, I could see the heart of the soldier being transferred to the students. The grit that makes you sacrifice, risk your life and develop loyalty to the kingdom and the King.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Glue: or the cement that holds the rocks and sand together after the water dries out. I felt the love, that keeps things together, abounding. There were small gifts from the riders to the students and from the students to the riders. You could not only feel it, you could see it being wiped from the eyes of many present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The water: of course in a proper foundation, there must be water to “seal it”. The Holy Spirit was present and His work could be seen. It is our belief that after the warm feelings of emotions are gone, that the foundation will continue to gain strength.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We will never know for sure if the students received what I just wrote about, however we have hope. If they can gain the strength from this event in one of their dark and lonely days, it will have all be worth any sacrifice made!<\/p>\n

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written by: Gary Burd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Fue un espect\u00e1culo incre\u00edble de contemplar, j\u00f3venes y adultos abanderados con pancartas y banderas de EE. UU. Mientras los cansados \u200b\u200by cansados \u200b\u200bjinetes se deten\u00edan (hab\u00edan estado en la carretera durante ocho d\u00edas, viajando desde Los \u00c1ngeles). Este es el trig\u00e9simo aniversario de Run For The Wall, un viaje para promover la curaci\u00f3n de los veteranos y responsabilizar a los EE. UU. Y decirles que traigan a casa los POW \/ MIA (prisioneros de guerra y desaparecidos en acci\u00f3n). \u00a0<\/span> Los jinetes fueron recibidos con entusiasmo y alegr\u00eda, sonrisas y abrazos, y un programa bien organizado. Hab\u00eda refrigerios esper\u00e1ndonos a todos antes de tomar nuestros asientos. \u00a0<\/span> El programa incluy\u00f3 una bienvenida del Sr. Joey Leggett, publicaci\u00f3n de colores por parte de los estudiantes (una estudiante la sac\u00f3 del parque cuando cant\u00f3 el Himno Nacional) una emotiva proclamaci\u00f3n le\u00edda por el Alcalde de Falcon, el Sr. Clifton Turpin Jr. y un especial del coro de la escuela. En el medio del programa, trajeron a la clase de graduaci\u00f3n de 2018 para ser honrado por los corredores de Run For The Wall. \u00a1Podr\u00edas decir por las caras de estos estudiantes que era aterrador, pero emocionante ser honrado por tantos! Mientras meditaba sobre lo que sucedi\u00f3 ese d\u00eda, la emoci\u00f3n se hinch\u00f3 dentro de mi alma. \u00bfPodr\u00eda ser que el Se\u00f1or est\u00e1 levantando un ej\u00e9rcito que se convertir\u00e1 en los Hombres Poderosos de David? Estos eran hombres que no eran los \"mejores\" de la iglesia o sociedad normal. Estos j\u00f3venes no han tenido un camino f\u00e1cil, les han sucedido cosas que ning\u00fan ni\u00f1o deber\u00eda tener que soportar. Estos estudiantes no pidieron nacer en la disfunci\u00f3n. S\u00ed, algunos de ellos tomaron malas decisiones, pero cuando Jes\u00fas pregunt\u00f3, \"\u00bfqui\u00e9n de ustedes ...?\" Empec\u00e9 a pensar en la base que se les est\u00e1 dando. Sigan la senda del pensamiento de un viejo trabajador de la construcci\u00f3n que ha mezclado concreto a mano, verti\u00f3 m\u00e1s metros de concreto de lo que me gustar\u00eda recordar y ha pasado muchas horas arrodillado, por lo que es plano y bonito. \u00a0<\/span> The Rocks: estos estudiantes est\u00e1n ganando una base s\u00f3lida en la Roca de nuestra Salvaci\u00f3n. Jesucristo se est\u00e1 haciendo real para ellos a partir de las vidas de los hombres y mujeres que dedican su vida al Reino de Dios. \u00a0<\/span> The Grit: la arena en la mezcla que se mezcla con las rocas para formar la base de la base. Al reflexionar sobre las \"salas de clase\" construidas desde los cuarteles de Fort Bragg en la vecina Fayetteville, NC, pude ver el coraz\u00f3n del soldado siendo transferido a los estudiantes. La arena que te hace sacrificar, arriesga tu vida y desarrolla lealtad al reino y al Rey. \u00a0<\/span> El pegamento: o el cemento que mantiene juntas las rocas y la arena despu\u00e9s de que el agua se seca. Sent\u00ed el amor, eso mantiene las cosas juntas, abundantes. Hubo peque\u00f1os regalos de los jinetes a los estudiantes y de los estudiantes a los jinetes. No solo podr\u00edas sentirlo, podr\u00edas verlo borrado de los ojos de muchos presentes. \u00a0<\/span> El agua: por supuesto en una base adecuada, debe haber agua para \"sellarla\". El Esp\u00edritu Santo estaba presente y su obra se pod\u00eda ver. Creemos que despu\u00e9s de que los sentimientos c\u00e1lidos de las emociones hayan desaparecido, la base seguir\u00e1 ganando fuerza. \u00a0<\/span> Nunca sabremos con certeza si los estudiantes recibieron lo que acabo de escribir, sin embargo, tenemos esperanza. Si pueden obtener la fuerza de este evento en uno de sus d\u00edas oscuros y solitarios, \u00a1valdr\u00e1 la pena cualquier sacrificio hecho!","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/ROCK-GRIT-GLUE-727x392-FINAL.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbhxDC-gu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/evangelism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}