Walter Macancela Discussion Week 3

Langston Hughes explained that he was first saved from sin without actually feeling the presence of Jesus. On the last day, the children were supposed to receive salvation, he went to the revival with his aunt Reed. His aunt told him that if he was saved, she would see the light that symbolized Jesus. Having said that, she sat there waiting to look at the lights. While the preacher was preaching very well and everyone else was crying, kneeling, and praying for all the children to rise and receive salvation, Langston did not see the light of day. Most of the kids got up and were saved, except him and his friend Westley, who finally got up because he was tired of sitting there, not because he felt Jesus. After Westley woke up, Langston was the last child not to be redeemed, though his aunt continued to pray for him. That made him feel ashamed, he thought that he could do the same as Westley since he didn’t get scolded for lying. That night, he wept with shame. His aunt thought his tears were the Holy Spirit coming into his life, but he wept because he had not only deceived himself but his aunt and the congregation. He felt that if there was a God, why not come and save him, which made Langston question his beliefs.