Recently I have been going through pictures that I took last year from my trip to Honduras. For those of you who don't know, last June I went on a missions trip to Roatan, Honduras to teach a VBS for the islanders and to reach out to the people on the tiny island of Roatan. It was one of the best experiences that I have had in my life and I am excited to do many more missions trips in my lifetime. :)
Anyway, I was thinking about one particular experience that I had in Honduras. It was a Sunday night and we had gone to a Spanish speaking church there. The message was translated into English but the majority of the worship was in Spanish. Some of the songs that they sang I did not know but most of them were the same that we sing here in the U.S. So, being familiar with most of the songs I was able to sing along, in English, while the rest of the people were singing in Spanish. I don't think there are even words to express how amazing this is. There was such a presence of God there and of unity between different people. We were from two completely different places, experience different hardships, different ways of living and yet we can come together in different tongues and worship the same God; and this same God cares about us all equally. It is amazing to think about. All around the world there are people from many different backgrounds and yet we are all brothers and sisters in Christ.
This got me to thinking. If I can get excited about singing with people in one other language here on earth, what is it going to be like in heaven? It blows my mind. There is going to be an uncountable number of people going to be there and with that numerous amounts of languages to go along with that. One big worship service. I'm so excited for this day.
Revelation 15:4 says,
Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed."
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed."
The joy I get now will only be multiplied when we get to heaven.
Little kids of the church.
Yourgin translating the service for us.
Whitney sitting by an adorable elderly lady of the church.
