The Dead Room

I was having lunch the other day with my good friend Eddie. Somehow our conversation turned to the mission work that he and his wife Sheryl have been involved with in China.

Eddie was relating to me how long it took to get to the orphanage that they were visiting. In an almost "matter of fact" voice, Eddie said, "We go over to this orphanage and rescue babies from the dead room."

My mouth was full of food and Eddie was two or three sentences down the road before I could finally halt him in his tracks with, "Whoa, whoa, whoa...What did you say? The Dead Room? What is that?"

Eddie leaned back, paused, took his cloth napkin, wiped his mouth, placed his silverware down on his plate, took a deep breath and with sad eyes said, "David... this is how it works over there. The orphanages take care of the babies for one year and after one year the babies are placed in 'the dead room' where they are left unattended until they die."

The pregnant pause was palpable as I tried to wrap my mind around this seemingly typical practice of placing healthy, active, beautiful children in "The Dead Room."

My iWitness...

Have you ever been put in "The Dead Room?"

I cannot even begin to tell you how many people I have come across in my short lifetime who...
1. Have placed themselves in the dead room
2. Were tossed into the dead room by a teacher, parent, coach, friend or family member
3. Have lived in the dead room for years, not knowing that there was another way to live

This is Jesus at his best!
Rescuing people from "The Dead Room!"

Maybe the reason He is so passionate about this type of rescue mission is that he knows firsthand what it is like to be placed in the dead room.
He also knows first hand what it is like to have the stone rolled away from the dead room and breathe in new life all over again.

Are you in The Dead Room?
I know a way out.
Want to know how I know the way out?
You see... I've been in The Dead Room once before. I know all the nooks and crannies and guess what?...I can show you how to get out...forever! If you'll just grab my hand...I will gently place it in the hand of the One who is called "the Way and the Life" and you will never, ever have to go back to The Dead Room.
Do you know anyone in The Dead Room who has given up on life itself?
How about we throw ourselves headlong into a rescue mission...
Let's call it Operation "The Living Room"...

And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life..." (John 14. 6)