I kid you not – this not made up\u2026 not sure if it is an evangelism win or fail (you decide)!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today, after church I agreed to meet someone who wanted to pick up some fencing supplies. I rarely do this on a Sunday, but a number of \u2018coincidences\u2019 and it was arranged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rick (not the mans real name), rang a little before the scheduled time to say he was 30 minutes away, though this time it was abundantly clear, he was drunk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Myself and 5 of the boys took the supplies to the gate & waited to meet him. And here they come, two Landcruisers full of people, Rick bounding out of the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was all smiles, stumbles & swear words, we hit it off right away. He started with: I read your advert & thought F&^$ what kind of freak am I going to meet? (My adverts all have mention of Jesus).<\/p>\n
He joked that when I said \u2019the boys will get the items up to the gate\u2019 he thought I might be a bikie. He loved the boys & their demeanour & our lifestyle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was able to share part of my testimony with Rick and his wife, who freely admitted they wanted to be able to drink less.<\/p>\n
TWICE Rick actually said something like:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a cray fisherman I don\u2019t know any of this stuff about god – tell me what it\u2019s all about\u201d !! (swear words removed).\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was able to share parts of the the Good News about Jesus with him – other members of his family listening intently in the background. This was brutal as was his rebuttal about particular sins he loved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Others had commented on my Tshirt (a shirt with \u201cJesus Christ\u201d written in the style of a certain cola brand). They loved it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyway – the family was itching to get to the pub to have a feed so were trying to hurry Rick up, but he kept coming back for hugs & fist bumps from myself and the boys.<\/p>\n
Then he joked :\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should swap shirts\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The shirt was given to me by my late mother in law, but I knew what she would have wanted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSure I said – as long as you are going to wear it to the pub?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course!\u201d he said, howling with laughter that he would be calling me to bring the boys if anyone started a fight with him\u2026<\/p>\n
And that was that I took my shirt off and gave it to him. We swapped shirts right there on the street. (Yes have photos prove it \ud83e\udd23)<\/p>\n
So if you see a genuinely happy bloke at the pub, swearing his head off, telling you what he knows about Jesus (or some Jesus freaks he met just now) – I am #sorrynotsorry: he may be wearing just for you. You see Jesus is real & uses all kinds of crazy to reach people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I am praying that anyone & everyone who sees that shirt in the next chapter of its\u2019 life will come to know the refreshing \u2018taste\u2019 of Jesus Christ…<\/p>\n
Oh, in other news, if anyone would like a shirt with fish on the back (I think) hit me up! (Joking, I will keep it to remember this encounter with Rick & pray for him).\u00a0<\/p>\n
#fool4Christ #allthings #KingJesus #JESUSsaveRick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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