Let me just open this blog by saying "Thank You Jesus for this Indian summer!" (Which is summer like weather in Autumn). Delaying the evident wrath of Old Man Winter allows for perfect gospel preaching weather, but also for all sorts of people from different walks of life.
The first person I met in this week's adventure was quite the surprise. His name is Dave and apparently, he visited the Church in Cleveland back in the 80s. I found this morsel out when he asked what church I went to. He then told me exactly what we stand for and what our foundation is...he was dead on target. I then discovered he is catholic and before we parted ways he said he appreciated that their are people like me out sharing the gospel and then he said "God bless." What I didn't yet know was that I was about to be blessed more times in one day than I probably have been in a month.
Out of the last for people I talked to for the day, three of them were also catholic. The most interesting of the last three catholics was the second. When I asked this guy what his spiritual beliefs were, he showed me his arm and tattooed on it was the ever popular saying "Only God can judge." You will find when you preach the gospel that there are a lot of people, believers or not, that have this saying tattooed on their body. This man wasn't in a hurry, but he also answered every one of my questions with a simple yes or no. After I thanked him, he, like the first two catholics, told me "God bless." Even though I didn't have much luck with someone who needed Jesus, the day was very encouraging.
Later in the week, me and some of the bros returned to the old stomping grounds of Lakewood Park. Because of the beautiful weather God had graced us with, there was a throng of people. Jeremiah and I headed down to the lake front to see what kind of people needed some Jesus. Little did we know that the first person we'd talk to would be our last.
The guy looked to be in his late thirties, was on the chunky side, and was wearing a Cleveland Browns cap. The guy was super friendly, but this conversation was about to go on a windy road with no end for miles around. This dude used to be in a part of the government, was a very knowledgeable, and was a very charismatic speaker. He knew how to change the subject very quickly and what he stood upon was that God is love and so is nature and everything else. He liked to talk about world issues and many other "interesting" things. Some of his memorable quotes were "I'm still on the fence", "the playing field is not level"(Communism?...I think so) "the president is a puppet controlled by very rich and power people", and my favorite "For all we know, Hitler could be in heaven." Jer and I spent over an hour talking to this guy and managed to preach the whole gospel, but ended up having a practically fruitless conversation. Hopefully a seed was planted in him that will break up through the ground of intellect in his heart.
To all of you who are reading this blog; I ask you to please pray for our going on in the gospel, for the contacts we are obtaining that are becoming stale, for everyone involved with the labor, and for anyone you might know who is unsaved. Jesus is our Shepherd. Because He endlessly takes care of us, we should be willing to shepherd those who do not have the glorious presence of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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