No Place is too Far Away 1

Sarah and I celebrated our 20th anniversary earlier this month in New York. We ventured over to Ellis Island and went through the museum on immigration. If you have never been there, you need to do so. The entire island is a testimony to the outworking of Acts 17:26-27.

I took this photo related to global travel. It is amazing to think the first trans-Atlantic flight with passenger service took place in 1939. In a mere 76 years, we have gone from primarily long ocean voyages to faster and safer air routes (Here is a link I tweeted earlier this week to a video showing average daily flights over Europe.).

According to this sign, 51 million travelers came to the U. S. in 2007. And don’t you just love the last two sentences:

From Europe and Africa, from Asia and South America, immigrants now reach the United States in hours instead of weeks. No place on earth is too far away.

“Oh, God! Over the centuries, we have neglected many opportunities to join you as you orchestrated the movement of the nations (Acts 17:26-27) for your glory. Forgive us. Shake our generation; give us eyes to see your hand at work, hearts filled with passion, and movement toward making disciples of the unreached people groups you have moved to our communities!”