A Presbyterian pastor, Scott Moore, gives an example of evangelism in his neighborhood, at his house and the effect it had on him. fascinating reading.
Here are the first two points he makes. Go read the other three and the surprise twist that I left out in the ellipse below.
The doorbell rang. As the dog barked, and as the kids proceeded to run around like chickens with their head cut off, I left Katie to the new baby and answered the door. I was not prepared for my visitors.
…….Allow me to share with you some of my observations:
1. They came bearing gifts. The balloon outside on the mailbox that read, “It’s a girl!” lead them to rejoice with us that a new life had come into the world. So they gave us a birthday cake of Huggies and a small sun-hat for the baby. What does this mean? Well, first of all, 96 diapers are not cheap. They spent over $25 on a stranger and probably over 2-3 hours at least knitting the sun-hat (the wife made it) and arranging the diapers into a huge display.
2. They were kind. They were not indifferent to our new baby girl. They rejoiced (at least, to some extent) with us. And they were very polite and cordial.
After reading the whole post, what do you think? What is your reaction emotionally?
HT to vitamin Z.