Rain, rain, rain. That sums up the last week...for the most part. Don't get me wrong, I love a summer thunderstorm or a soft, summer rain, but when you are trying to share Jesus with the world, rain can really dampen the situation.
This last week wasn't a total loss, however. In between showers on Saturday evening, me, Timothy, Jer, and Jesse had a chance to tackle the usual place: Detroit Rd. Surprisingly, there were more people out than we expected. We had about an hour because the Jr. High/High School meeting was that night. We split into pairs; Jer and I headed West, Tim and Jesse took the East. Within a few minutes a hooded guy smoking a cigarette came strolling our way. We asked him if he had a few minutes and he stopped to talk to us.
At first, he came off as a guy who looked like he wasn't even going to give us two seconds, but it turns out that he was a really nice guy who was a believer. The guy started out as a Methodist, but after his father passed away when he was six, he went off on a spiritual quest. He wanted to find a way to end his pain, so he tried Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Lutheran, and many others. Eventually, he found his way back to the Lord and returned to his Methodist church.
It didn't take long to find another person willing to let us share Jesus with them. The person looked to be 15-16 years old, but I could be completely wrong. He had a deep voice for his assumed age and answered "yes" to almost every question we asked him. He also said he goes to a church nearby. Just in case he was interested, we gave him an invite to our church and before we went along our way, he told us his brother would like the invite a lot.
I checked my phone and we had enough time to talk to one last person before we had to leave. This last guy we came upon was a guy in his mid-20s. He, like the first guy, had a half-smoked cigarette dangling of the out of the left corner of his mouth. He was also wearing a Raiders cap backwards and had on a white T-shirt in 48 degree weather. We began to talk to the guy and he was a pretty friendly dude. I believe he was agnostic because he said he believed in a higher being, but not God. He claimed heaven and hell do not exist and when asked if he was a good person, he said no but he has no regrets (he mentioned he felt guilty about some things, therefore he contradicted himself in a way). I didn't even bother to check my phone because when you share the gospel with an unbeliever, time doesn't matter when their eternal destination is at stake.
The guy seemed like he had somewhere else to be (which turned out to be the bar he worked at right next to us) so we asked him the 5th "Share Jesus" question which was "If what you are believing isn't true, would you want to know the truth?" The guy answered us with a question (I hate it when they do that). "It's all perspective or your opinion right?" he said. Then he told us he had to go back to work. I made a last ditch effort and told him that if he was ever interested in seeking God or had a change of heart, he would be welcome to attend church on Lord's Day. I also gave him an invitation. Hopefully that seed Jer and I planted grows.
Not everyone who you talk to will listen. Not everyone will even give you two seconds of the day. Yet, as long as the Word of God and the and the Truth gets shared, the Kingdom will continue to grow.
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