Keith,

Is that awesome or what.  Thanks for sharing.  So glad you were able to
share the simple unchangeable truth of the gospel.

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith P Hodges" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 11:21 AM
Subject: A cool experience


> Dear Friends,
>
> I had a cool experience today. I went outside onto my veranda where
> there are two armchairs. I live in a flat above a shop, four such
> flats share a veranda which is semi-private.
>
> We are known in the area I live as Christians. It doesnt happen all
> the time, but people do drop in asking for prayer, usually drunk. One
> would not think it in our very well to do area but even only last
> week my van and house were pelted with eggs and my wing mirror was
> vandalised... anyhow back to my veranda.
>
> There, quite unexpectedly, I found a local lad and two strangers. One
> was a very sweet young woman and she asked me if I thought that God
> could be "out to get someone", because that is what her friend had
> told her. She told me that she and her children had been taken in by
> an older woman and how God had given her a family and a loving home
> overnight.
>
> I was able to explain, and come to a realization as I spoke, that I
> thought that what she was experiencing is exactly what knowing Jesus
> is all about, that is essentially the whole point. (ministry of
> reconciliation)
>
> She said how she felt that all the pain of her difficult life and her
> bitterness had been melted by the experience of becoming part of a
> family, being loved.
>
> She asked me many questions about the Lord and she asked me to share
> my testimony. When I said "it is like a love affair, God is wooing
> you,", she said that that was exactly what her friend (her spiritual
> mum) had said to her.
>
> There were several moments like that in our conversation, and I felt
> very encouraged that I was able to play my part in what was a
> genuinely spontaneous God moment, and to be able to share of Gods
> goodness in a natural non-preachy way.
>
> yours in Christ
>
> Keith