Hey amen and amen praise God Lelia Struve email [log in to unmask] msn [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Dunse" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 3:31 PM Subject: Re: A cool experience > What a great environment to share, when someone is curious and wondering > with anticipation of hope and newness and to have what others have in > Christ. Thanks for sharing that one. > > Brad > > > Keith P Hodges wrote: > >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 > > Brad > > If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, > you can bet the water bill is higher > >