Jesus Loves Calcutta
Juliet Main
Apr 04, 2008 · 10:55 AMI could explain what we have seen through our own human eyes, but it wouldn’t do justice to the people of Kolkata. I have to explain what we have seen through the eyes of Christ. There is a common thread throughout everything we have experienced, everyone we have met or heard about. Jesus wants to remind us what it’s like to be lonely, what it’s like to be unwanted, what it’s like to be forgotten.
Whether we were meeting villagers outside of the rural clinic in Chakdha, playing with children at the school for the blind or listening about the stories of orphaned children or abused women ministered to by missionaries of charity, we were reminded of Matthew 25:40. Truly I tell you whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
From the time we first began telling others about going to Kolkata everyone seemed to be confused. Why Calcutta? Even Indians we met on the way inquiring about our travel seemed surprised to hear that eleven Americans were traveling half way around the world simply to end up in the middle of a city that is best known for its poverty. It was not poverty that God was trying to show us, but so much more than that.
We go about our daily lives forgetting Jesus words and often forgetting Jesus. We walk past opportunities to do great things for him everyday. He wants us to not only desire those divine appointments to care for the lonely, the hungry, and the sick, but to pray for the power of the Holy Spirit to equip us to do these things in Jesus name. The trip isn’t over when we step off the plane. Maybe our divine appointment has just begun. Jesus wants Kolkata. Jesus loves Kolkata. He wants us to never forget.
Krystal
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