A friend of mine in the choir has written a great song about the Gospel Train...kind of a bluegrass song that talks about hitching your railcar to Jesus' train bound for eternity. I was thinking about the picture of a train as an analogy for the Church. Did you know that these long coal trains that we see rumbling by our area every day can have as many as 200 cars and can stretch out 2 miles in length. As someone commented, it would be better to travel in the engine than the caboose...you get to your destination a lot sooner! The diesel locomotives have about 4,000 horsepower...Wow! Of course the Gospel train has the powerful locomotive of our Lord to carry us up grades, around curves and down narrow passes. Just as the coal trains faithfully deliver their freight to the coal terminals in Newport News, so Jesus carries us to glory, without fail. Yes, the Gospel Train is a long one, with a mighty powerful engine. I have a strong feeling that there's still enough power to add some more cars to the train. Next time the train stops in your town I recommend you hitch up for the ride!
2 Chronicles 34:29-31 The king acted immediately, assembling all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, and then proceeding to The Temple of God bringing everyone in his train—priests and prophets and people ranging from the least to the greatest. Then he read out publicly everything written in the Book of the Covenant that was found in The Temple of God.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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