Hosea at the Union

Written by staff from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (a chapter barely a year old)
E was fascinated by how committed our group was to God and to each other. As we continued to broach the subject of spirituality, my core students were listening and participating until they had to leave for class.

The lunch hour passed and it was just me, Hannah (one of the student leaders) and E. I asked her if Jesus was sitting right here with us and you could ask Him one question, what would it be? She said “Would I go to heaven?” Wow.

Now that a couple of hours passed she felt comfortable sharing with us. She said since she’d come to college, she hadn’t been herself. She started sleeping around when she got to UMSL, and the crowd she rolls with treats her like garbage. She started crying and I started sharing some truth to her about her value in God’s eyes. Hannah caught onto what was happening and started sharing scripture and truth as well.

The funny thing was I had asked E earlier in the day if she wanted to follow Jesus again, and she said no, she wasn’t ready. But by the end of the day, God had really broken her down to see her need. As she was crying, I told her about God waiting for her to come back to Him without shaming or condemning her - that he wanted to love, protect and forgive her of her sins. Hannah is one of my core. She’s a gifted evangelist and she shared the beautiful story of Hosea. After lots of truth speaking, I finally asked her again if she wanted to commit her life to following Jesus again and making Him the Lord of her life and heart and she said yes. We prayed with her, and she prayed out loud with her head down, lots of tears and shaking as we held her on both sides agreeing with her prayer.

After that, lots of people came up and asked what was up and we had E tell them what had happened. “I just committed my life back to following Christ.”