The Great Game of Red Rover

So, I was reading Matthew 20 earlier. There's a lot of interesting things in this chapter, including the mother of James and John(not Irene) asking Jesus for her sons to sit at his left and right hand in the kingdom. It was in this section that Jesus reiterated his statement, "So the last will be fitst, and the first will be last"(Matt. 20:16). It's funny because this always makes me think of a line that you stand in, like a lunch-line at school. The last will be first, so, the last person in line gets to move to the front and the first person to the end. Anyway, today has changed forever in my mind what my impression is of this "line." It's not a front-to-back line but a side-to-side line like in the game, Red Rover. We've all joined hands and are calling to those on the other side, "Red Rover, Red Rover let _______ come over!" As we show each non-believer that our bond is unbroken and add them to our team, our team rejoices for each that we have added to our number. We added another to our number this morning at our church. A member of our church baptized his daughter and the church rejoiced with smiles, applause and I even witnessed a sweet tear of joy. May we keep calling them and adding them to our number!