Years ago, I went into a Christian bookstore. I was looking for a certain book. This was a new bookstore located in our town. A young couple operated the bookstore. The young woman was behind the counter as I came in. As we were talking, a man walked in. He said he didn’t need any help. To look at him, you would say that he was a derelict. His clothes were worn and tattered. He hadn’t take a bath in a while. The bookstore was just 2 blocks from the railroad tracks and all kinds of people would get off the freight trains. The young woman became afraid passed me a note asking me to stay in the store. We talked more as the man finally left. I said goodbye and left. To look at the man that came into the store, you would call him a dead man walking, without hope and just existing. I wondered about him for a long time. I didn’t talk to him and I believe I was supposed to. Fear came in and both of us didn’t reach out to him. It prevented us from doing what God would have wanted to do. I believe it was a missed opportunity to share the love of God. There are many times the God will bring people to us to share the gospel with them. It happens to me all the time. Strangers will walk up to me to ask a question and I know that God sent them. The bible says that we entertain angels and we are unaware who they are. God does this to see what is inside of us. Whether or not we are ready to give an answer about our faith to anyone that asks.
Joseph1637/Crain Blanchard 