The Faithful Steps (2 of 4)
Series: Just Walk Across the Room
Jerry N. Watts
Luke 19:1-10
In 2007, Deb and I had a very special time because we had our entire bunch together. Jonathon came home from working 3 months for student life plus Christy and Piper came to kind of ''celebrate'' that Christy finished her college course work and had now taken the ''Praxis Test'' for teachers. One semester of student teaching and she'll be a graduate. Jonathon needed to leave Sunday evening to go check on some things, so he and I only had Sunday afternoon for our occasional GOLF GRUDGE MATCH. It was a Holiday weekend so no evening services. Now understand, we never bet money on the match, but the ''bragging rights'' are far more important than money! Well, he did it again and won the bragging rights, enough about that. But something truly interesting happened on the golf course.
We had played about 12 or our 18 holes when we caught up to a young afro-American man playing alone and so we decided for the three of us to play together. Now remember, I'm studying, preaching, and even learning, along with you this concept of ''walking across the room''. So I'm thinking how is the best way to start a conversation with ''Thaddeus''? Honestly, when he introduced himself, I made a comment about his Biblical name thinking that would be a great segue to a more open discussion. However, I honestly did not feel the freedom to begin this discussion and soon the reason was evident. Jonathon had begun the discussion. In fact, it seemed that every time I walked up on them, Jonathon was telling Thaddeus some else about HIS personal call, life story, struggles, and future. It was more fun to listen than to talk. Now, I would like to tell you that Thaddeus either committed or re-committed his life to Christ, but that didn't happen. What did happen is this; when we parted, Thaddeus said to Jonathon, ''thanks for telling me this stuff, at 21 you seems to have your head on straighter than I ...
Series: Just Walk Across the Room
Jerry N. Watts
Luke 19:1-10
In 2007, Deb and I had a very special time because we had our entire bunch together. Jonathon came home from working 3 months for student life plus Christy and Piper came to kind of ''celebrate'' that Christy finished her college course work and had now taken the ''Praxis Test'' for teachers. One semester of student teaching and she'll be a graduate. Jonathon needed to leave Sunday evening to go check on some things, so he and I only had Sunday afternoon for our occasional GOLF GRUDGE MATCH. It was a Holiday weekend so no evening services. Now understand, we never bet money on the match, but the ''bragging rights'' are far more important than money! Well, he did it again and won the bragging rights, enough about that. But something truly interesting happened on the golf course.
We had played about 12 or our 18 holes when we caught up to a young afro-American man playing alone and so we decided for the three of us to play together. Now remember, I'm studying, preaching, and even learning, along with you this concept of ''walking across the room''. So I'm thinking how is the best way to start a conversation with ''Thaddeus''? Honestly, when he introduced himself, I made a comment about his Biblical name thinking that would be a great segue to a more open discussion. However, I honestly did not feel the freedom to begin this discussion and soon the reason was evident. Jonathon had begun the discussion. In fact, it seemed that every time I walked up on them, Jonathon was telling Thaddeus some else about HIS personal call, life story, struggles, and future. It was more fun to listen than to talk. Now, I would like to tell you that Thaddeus either committed or re-committed his life to Christ, but that didn't happen. What did happen is this; when we parted, Thaddeus said to Jonathon, ''thanks for telling me this stuff, at 21 you seems to have your head on straighter than I ...
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