Oh no, not another Christian......
I usually look for ways to talk to people about Jesus, but once I changed planes in Denver and I was tired. I don't think I actually prayed it, but I was thinking, "Lord, I don't want to witness to anybody today. Put me beside a Christian."
A couple got in and sat down next to me in my window seat. We greeted each other and then i settled back with my Readers' Digest.
Once in the air, it came to me very strongly, "Take out your Bible." Not an audible voice, just an inner urge. Reluctantly I reached down into my carrying case at my feet and pulled out my Bible. Immediatly I saw the wife next to me nudge her husband. They were Christians and we had a great time talking and sharing until our plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport. She was a travel agent and invited me to contact her.
I also like to probe until I find out if the person I'm talking to has any Christian relatives or friends to build a conversation on. Once I was sitting waiting for my son Bobb in Northern California. A young lady sat across from me and we started talking. She said she wasn't a Christian, but that she belonged to the John Muir Society--into revering nature. Then she added, "But I have a brother who moved to the Seattle-Portland area and he says he's become a born-again Christian!" Now that was a great encouragement and something to build on, and I trust the brother's prayers were eventually answered.
Another time an American gentleman came to our neighborhood restaurant and he couldn't speak Japanese, so they were baffled in how to deal with him. A knock came on our door and one of the restaurant workers asked if "Mark's mother" could come and translate! The visitor was a reporter for a prestigous American newspaper and talked at length about his work and his visit to China and why he was here in Japan. Then he said, "I've been talking all this time, so now I want to hear about you!" I thought "You asked for it" and proceeded to tell my side of "the story." It was like he rolled his eyes and I felt he was thinking, "Oh no, not another Christian!" Then he told me that someone had talked to him about Jesus all the way from Hong Kong to Tokyo and ended by saying, "I'm going to be praying for you every day!" I took Chuck Colson's book to him and he promised to read it even though it wasn't his political bent (!) and get it back to me later. I felt like his Mom had become a Christian, so these contacts were probably building on her prayers.
Is God interested in the seemingly small things in our lives and anxious to use simple contacts for Himself? I think so!
A couple got in and sat down next to me in my window seat. We greeted each other and then i settled back with my Readers' Digest.
Once in the air, it came to me very strongly, "Take out your Bible." Not an audible voice, just an inner urge. Reluctantly I reached down into my carrying case at my feet and pulled out my Bible. Immediatly I saw the wife next to me nudge her husband. They were Christians and we had a great time talking and sharing until our plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport. She was a travel agent and invited me to contact her.
I also like to probe until I find out if the person I'm talking to has any Christian relatives or friends to build a conversation on. Once I was sitting waiting for my son Bobb in Northern California. A young lady sat across from me and we started talking. She said she wasn't a Christian, but that she belonged to the John Muir Society--into revering nature. Then she added, "But I have a brother who moved to the Seattle-Portland area and he says he's become a born-again Christian!" Now that was a great encouragement and something to build on, and I trust the brother's prayers were eventually answered.
Another time an American gentleman came to our neighborhood restaurant and he couldn't speak Japanese, so they were baffled in how to deal with him. A knock came on our door and one of the restaurant workers asked if "Mark's mother" could come and translate! The visitor was a reporter for a prestigous American newspaper and talked at length about his work and his visit to China and why he was here in Japan. Then he said, "I've been talking all this time, so now I want to hear about you!" I thought "You asked for it" and proceeded to tell my side of "the story." It was like he rolled his eyes and I felt he was thinking, "Oh no, not another Christian!" Then he told me that someone had talked to him about Jesus all the way from Hong Kong to Tokyo and ended by saying, "I'm going to be praying for you every day!" I took Chuck Colson's book to him and he promised to read it even though it wasn't his political bent (!) and get it back to me later. I felt like his Mom had become a Christian, so these contacts were probably building on her prayers.
Is God interested in the seemingly small things in our lives and anxious to use simple contacts for Himself? I think so!
posted by Lila @ 4:38 AM
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