He met me as I was going into worship. He looked the part of one who was on the road. Beard stubble was on his face and a backpack was hanging from his shoulder. His demeanor was screaming, "I want something from you." Instead he asked if he could speak to a pastor. Since worship was only a moment away from beginning I replied, "Yes, but you will need to wait an hour until worship is over. You are welcome to come in and worship with us. Then, I will have time to talk." His response was a frown. "Well," he said, "could you just give me a few dollars?" "I can't give you cash , but if you want to stay and worship, I will be glad to see if there is any way I can help you." He turned, opened the door, and left. I could not help but think, "The best thing I had to offer, you would not take. The best thing you would trade for a few dollars."
It made me sad to see him go. I went on to worship wishing he could have seen his way to stay. "Lord, I don't know who this man was, but you do. I pray for him. I ask you to keep him away from harm. I ask you to bring him to that moment in his life when he will choose the better thing. In Jesus' name. Amen."
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I lift prayers for this man and for other's like him. Some, whom we know by name, others we don't. All of them lost, all of them searching, and some of them like us at times, are unable to see the way that is right in front of us. Lord help us to see that you are always close, so close that if we would just reach out, You would take hold of us and never let go! Give us the strength and courage to always choose the better way, Amen...
Wow, sounds like an Acts 3:6 offer. If he had stayed, I only wonder if maybe he could have walked away healed.
All we can do in those situations is hope we have planted a seed that in time will grow and he and others like him will open their hearts and know what the Lord has to offer is riches beyod measure and those riches have nothing to do with our monetary system.
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