"Are you Jesus?" - email from a sister in Christ (814 Views)
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"Are you Jesus?" - email from a sister in Christ (814 Views) May 07, 2007 09:19AM |
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A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in
Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time
for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of
these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples.
Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to
reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding.
ALL BUT ONE !!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his
feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand
had been overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to
call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking
a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over
the terminal floor.
He was glad he did.
The 16 year old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running
down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her
spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping and no one to
care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them
back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed
that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another
basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here,
please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?" She nodded through
her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too
badly."
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to
him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes.
She continued, "Are you Jesus?"
He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to
catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his
soul: "Are you Jesus?"
You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a
fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called
Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.
Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our Destiny,
is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we
live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing
Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually
living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time
for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of
these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples.
Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to
reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding.
ALL BUT ONE !!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his
feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand
had been overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to
call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking
a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over
the terminal floor.
He was glad he did.
The 16 year old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running
down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her
spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping and no one to
care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them
back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed
that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another
basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here,
please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?" She nodded through
her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too
badly."
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to
him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes.
She continued, "Are you Jesus?"
He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to
catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his
soul: "Are you Jesus?"
You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a
fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called
Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.
Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our Destiny,
is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we
live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing
Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually
living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
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Anonymous User
Re: "Are you Jesus?" - email from a sister in Christ (363 Views) May 07, 2007 04:23PM |
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If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing
Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually
living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
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Jhn 8:31 ΒΆ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;
Jhn 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
This to continue is to be obedent to His Word to live them to the best of our ability.
YBIC
John
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Anonymous User
Re: "Are you Jesus?" - email from a sister in Christ (454 Views) May 07, 2007 04:57PM |
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