This past weekend we joined several Christians in Asheville to proclaim the gospel at the Bele Chere Festival. The event attracts a few hundred thousand people each year, which means large crowds everywhere.
Bele Chere means
Beautiful Living. You are surrounded by creativity of all forms, lots of good food, neat architecture, flying dogs, all different types of people with very different backgrounds. But as you walk around the festival you begin to realize that not all of it is beautiful. There are many people who don't love Jesus. Many who hate, despise, and oppose Jesus. They publically rebel against the God of the Bible -- the God that created them and has extended to them much common grace. I think of the
sermon we heard this past week on Mark chapter 5:1-20 ~ I am to remember the vast mercy of Jesus in my life ~ the great salvation He has worked in my life. And as a Christian, I am called to "Go out and tell people how much the Lord has done for me." How can I not speak of what the Lord has done for me? I know that Jesus has the power to forgive sins and change lives, just like He did for the demon-possessed man in Mark chapter 5. God is mighty to save!
Pictures are contributed by me, some of the fellow soldiers, and some complete strangers via Flickr.com. Source. Source. Source. Source.
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This past weekend we joined several Christians in Asheville to proclaim the gospel at the Bele Chere Festival. The event attracts a few hundred thousand people each year, which means large crowds everywhere. Bele Chere means Beautiful Living. You are surrounded by creativity of all forms, lots of good food, neat architecture, flying dogs, all different types of people with very different backgrounds. But as you walk around the festival you begin to realize that not all of it is beautiful. There are many people who don't love Jesus. Many who hate, despise, and oppose Jesus. They publically rebel against the God of the Bible -- the God that created them and has extended to them much common grace. I think of the sermon we heard this past week on Mark chapter 5:1-20 ~ I am to remember the vast mercy of Jesus in my life ~ the great salvation He has worked in my life. And as a Christian, I am called to "Go out and tell people how much the Lord has done for me." How can I not speak of what the Lord has done for me? I know that Jesus has the power to forgive sins and change lives, just like He did for the demon-possessed man in Mark chapter 5. God is mighty to save! 
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