I hate numbers. As in "3 got saved last night." Why? Probably some of it stems to my tour of duty in Vietnam when numbers were exaggerated at best, lied about more often. Probably because saying something like that puts us in the role of the Holy Spirit..I can live with "we had three teenagers last night who indicated a turning from sin and a turning to the Savior"); and I sure hope there isn't anyone who really thinks that every decision form filled out is meaningful for eternity?
Some of my disdain comes from observing those who think numbers indicate success. Though they may be an indicator, to boast in "decisions" is sin...it implies we had something to do with it...
Numbers and statistics are also dry...academic...formal...
That's why I urge you to spend a moment watching the following video...a listing of the servicemen and servicewomen who died last year...
Not "statistics,", but sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, husbands, wives...individuals with their own dreams...who enlisted, volunteered...and died...
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Remember.. Liars figure, and figures lie!
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