It's All a Gift!

London's Cafe Rendezvous has nice lighting, comfortable couches, and the smell of coffee in the air. What it doesn't have are prices. Originally started as a business by a local church, the cafe was transformed a year after it started. Thanks managers felt that God was calling them to do something radical-make everything on the menu free. Today you can order a coffee, cake, or sandwich without cost. There isn't even a donation jar. It's all a gift.
      I asked the manager why they were so generous. " We're just trying to treat people the way God treats us," he said. "God gives to us whether we thank him or not. He's generous to us beyond our imaginations."
      Jesus died to rescue us from our sins and reconcile us with God. He rose from the grave and is alive now. Because of this, every wrong thing we've done can be forgiven, and we can have a new life today. And one of the most amazing things about this is that it is all free. We can't buy the new life Jesus offers. We can't even donate toward the cost. It's all free.
      As the folks at Cafe Rendezvous serve their cakes and coffees, they give people a glimpse of God's generousity. You and I are offered eternal life for free because Jesus paid the bill.
     Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water off life. Eternal life is a free gift ready to be received.