An Opportunity To Share

It finally happened. I had an opportunity to share the saving grace of Jesus with Joe.

Joe is a guy I met about 5 months ago, while hanging out at Panera Bread one morning. He is small business owner and we have had a number of conversations regarding business and life in general. This past Monday morning, while at Panera for my usual plain bagel and coffee, I was reading through a youth games book in preparation for our upcoming youth group meeting at our church. When he entered the cafe, he came over and sat down and asked what I was reading. I told him about my involvement as a youth leader at our church. That is when he began to ask me about my church and our beliefs. It was a perfect opportunity to share with him Christ sacrifice for us and the redemption that is possible through his shed blood.

Joe, informed me that "he believed in the Lord", but that his experience with the church was not a good one. Therefore he didn't attend anywhere, but knew that he should. His continued conversation with me about his experiences shed light on a perfect example of another person who has be disenfranchised with the church and most Christians.

What is great about our relationship and this opportunity is the fact that our spiritual conversations have begun with his questioning. It began with a relationship that the Lord had established. Joe is interested and I am praying that his interest will continue as we have further conversations.