So I laid down in bed tonight to the sound of the bass-line of some U2 song and thought to myself, “Well, guess this is the night.” I contemplated for about 5 minutes whether I was really going to have the courage to go over there and do it, but decided that the Lord wasn’t gonna let me sleep if I didn’t. I grabbed the bottle of wine from the counter and started praying over that thing, and boy if the power of the Holy Spirit didn’t flow through me into it then I don’t know what happened. I prayed that it would be a trojan horse, and that it would be a seed planted that would lead to their salvation.
So I set out, and discovered they were sitting just out of earshot from their fence, and out of view. I yelled a couple of times but they couldn’t hear me over the music, and I didn’t feel right just barging into their yard uninvited. I prayed for a few minutes, waited a little longer, and was about to give up when I decided to go around to the other side of the house and noticed it allowed me to walk right up to where they were sitting. The wife had gone inside, so I introduced myself to the husband and told them that I had heard the music and just wanted to wish them a good evening, and bless them with a bottle of wine. He looked kinda surprised for a moment and said, “Oh you didn’t have to do that… Do you want a beer?” I thanked him, but said I had to be up early… And that was that.
I’m excited to see what God does next.
Chris
August 19, 2008 at 3:29 am
Me too. The power of prayer versus unreasonable and flawed humans. I wish you every luck!
August 19, 2008 at 1:36 pm
haha that is great Chris. I’m glad you did it. I can imagine the hesitation, but I’m really glad you pursued that challenge.
August 21, 2008 at 5:22 pm
That is a wonderful way of dealing with that kind of situation! If only everyone could behave that way, the world would certainly be a much better place.