It was late. I had made one of those mid-night trips to Wall-Mart for who knows what. On my way out of the store I was greeted by a blast of cold air. Pulling my winter coat around tighter around me, and fumbling for my keys in my pocket, I nearly bumped into someone. I glanced up just about jumped out of my shoes!
The girl I had nearly run in to was just a couple years younger than I am and would have been very pretty, I think. If it weren't for all of the metal in her face, I may have been able to tell for sure. She glared at me as if to ask what I thought I was looking at. I'm afraid that was quite obvious! I tried to recover quickly and respond to her the same as I would anyone else. The last thing I want to do is offend someone! I got out of there as quickly as I could.
I couldn't stop thinking about her. To be honest, the sight of her alone had scared me so bad that my heart was still thumping as I got in my van. I wondered why she would wear all of those big, cold...things...right up against her skin - and in this cold? {I'm not talking a few earrings and a nose ring here! She was covered!}
Then I began to wonder about her - the real her - and not just her appearance.
Who was she? Was she simply searching for love and acceptance? I wondered how a conversation with her would go. What would she talk about? Would she even want to talk to me?
I realized too late that I should have given her a Gospel tract. Would she have taken it? Read it? Would she have been saved?
Everyone wants someone to love them for them - for who they are. They want someone to care about them and genuinely cherish them. I know. I've been there. But for God's grace I'd be the girl with all the gadgets in my face. I'd be the girl with all the tattoos.
So, then, I started wondering who would have stopped me and invited me to their church? What if my daughter decided to go and make a few really crazy decisions?? Would someone try to reach out to her? I sure hope so!
By the time I got home I was ready and willing to go right back and try to find that girl! I wanted to give her a tract and invite her to come to church. If it hadn't been so late and cold, and how on earth was I going to find a stranger in a Wall Mart at one in the morning?? She was probably not ever there anymore!
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ReplyDeleteThank you for that reminder!
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