• The Door

  Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 27, 2012 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  John 10:1-10

  Tags:  Baby, Salvation, Missions, Hope, Door, Jesus Christ, I Am, Saving  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

THE DOOR

There is a small metal door painted white in the side of a tiny mission church in Johannesburg South Africa. This door is changing lives. On it are painted the words “door of hope.” That is exactly what it is for various babies within the city. On average some forty to fifty babies were being abandoned on the streets to die of exposure or starvation a month. That was before the mission installed their door to a baby bin allowing mothers to anonymously deposit their unwanted babies and have someone love them and care for them. Now the mission is saving over 100 babies a year. What an incredible door.

I know of another incredible door that takes in the unwanted, saves lives and brings hope. That door is Jesus.