Sometimes the things God does and the way He does them just leaves someone thinking, "God has a sense of humor."
David, a taxi driver who usually gives us taxi services when we need them, shared a story with me today that left me thinking....yes, that's right....God has a sense of humor.
I have shared the gospel with David on occasion but what he shared with me today left me laughing and thanking God all at the same time.
Because I know you are eager to hear it, here is David's story of conversion.
"Up until three weeks ago, I have always attended a catholic church, " David said.
"But three weeks ago, I was in Kiserian on a Sunday and the whole place was disserted. Everyone there goes to church." David continued.
He said he looked for a church to go and was keen to find one where he could just sneak in and sneak out.
He did not want to go to any church where they ask the new people to stand up and say hello or tell their story.
"You see, in Catholic," he said "you would go to church and no one would even notice that you are there. You do what you came for and you leave." That is what he was looking for.
"But there was this church that had really good music coming from the inside and you could hear from outside. I though to myself, by this time the people must be sweating from dancing and if I go in they will not even notice me." David narrated.
He mentioned that he had left some other churches along the street. Something told him to go into this particular church. When he went in, sure enough no one noticed him but he noticed that the people were not as many as he had thought.
He enjoyed the music until it ended. Then they requested the new people to stand up. David thought to himself that that was not the place he could pretend he was not new as the church seemed like everyone knew everyone.
So reluctantly, he stood up. They were asked to go to the front and were given some cards to fill. He said there were a handful of new people that went to the front with him. In the cards there was some check boxes that they needed to check.
The first check box was about if you need prayer, I think the other was for whoever wanted to join the church and the last check box was about those who would like to be born again.
So David thought, the third check box is the one that everybody needed to check. "It was like an exam and being born again seemed like the correct answer." David remembered.
When they went back to their seats, he says that he was so surprised when they called him out as the only who wanted to be born again.
He said everyone was so thrilled and they prayed for him and he got saved. He said he went there without planning of getting saved but he left there saved. Even though he had not planned for it, he said he has decided to to stick with it.
"So now I am saved." David concluded.
By the time he finished narrating the story, I was wiping my eyes. Truly God is a master planner and has a great sense of humor.
David, a taxi driver who usually gives us taxi services when we need them, shared a story with me today that left me thinking....yes, that's right....God has a sense of humor.
I have shared the gospel with David on occasion but what he shared with me today left me laughing and thanking God all at the same time.
Because I know you are eager to hear it, here is David's story of conversion.
"Up until three weeks ago, I have always attended a catholic church, " David said.
"But three weeks ago, I was in Kiserian on a Sunday and the whole place was disserted. Everyone there goes to church." David continued.
He said he looked for a church to go and was keen to find one where he could just sneak in and sneak out.
He did not want to go to any church where they ask the new people to stand up and say hello or tell their story.
"You see, in Catholic," he said "you would go to church and no one would even notice that you are there. You do what you came for and you leave." That is what he was looking for.
"But there was this church that had really good music coming from the inside and you could hear from outside. I though to myself, by this time the people must be sweating from dancing and if I go in they will not even notice me." David narrated.
He mentioned that he had left some other churches along the street. Something told him to go into this particular church. When he went in, sure enough no one noticed him but he noticed that the people were not as many as he had thought.
He enjoyed the music until it ended. Then they requested the new people to stand up. David thought to himself that that was not the place he could pretend he was not new as the church seemed like everyone knew everyone.
So reluctantly, he stood up. They were asked to go to the front and were given some cards to fill. He said there were a handful of new people that went to the front with him. In the cards there was some check boxes that they needed to check.
The first check box was about if you need prayer, I think the other was for whoever wanted to join the church and the last check box was about those who would like to be born again.
So David thought, the third check box is the one that everybody needed to check. "It was like an exam and being born again seemed like the correct answer." David remembered.
When they went back to their seats, he says that he was so surprised when they called him out as the only who wanted to be born again.
He said everyone was so thrilled and they prayed for him and he got saved. He said he went there without planning of getting saved but he left there saved. Even though he had not planned for it, he said he has decided to to stick with it.
"So now I am saved." David concluded.
By the time he finished narrating the story, I was wiping my eyes. Truly God is a master planner and has a great sense of humor.
