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I learnt lots yesterday

I met with someone yesterday. She taught me lots.
She has been through the wringer over the last couple of years.
Her career success and her wealth couldn’t protect her.
She has discovered faith.
She has read the New Testament on the train twice.

As I listened to her descriptions of grace, acceptance and love of God.
Between the “F….” and the “B….” there was deep understanding of the gospel.
It was her that was teaching and mentoring.

WOW what an experience!
I am looking forward to our lunches as we approach her baptism.
What a privilage we have as ministers.

This entry was posted on Friday, November 21st, 2003 at 5:37 pm by phil and is filed under challenges for the church. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

6 Responses to “I learnt lots yesterday”

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    timsamoff Says:
    November 23rd, 2003 at 2:45 am

    Reminds me of a friend of mine… It’s nice to find someone who has totally embraced the gospel in the “real” sense — someone who is living a life that isn’t jaded by the “niceness” of our faith and who lives the faith as themselves… Not as a “Christian.”

    (My comment doesn’t even completely make sense to me as I read it, but I know what I mean!)

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    phil Says:
    November 23rd, 2003 at 8:35 am

    I know what you mean Tim! She was untouched by our religiosity.

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    Rodney Olsen Says:
    November 26th, 2003 at 10:31 am

    Let’s hope that she lets the Holy Spirit work on her life from within rather than let fellow Christians ‘pull her into line’ with their standards.

    I love seeing Christians who are sold out to Jesus without losing their own, God given, unique character.

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    bryan Says:
    November 27th, 2003 at 12:04 pm

    So, are the “F….” and the “B….” stops on the bus, or curse words? It’s not entirely clear to me from your context. Either way, glad to hear of her faith.

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    phil Says:
    November 27th, 2003 at 12:47 pm

    I am not sure what you mean about bus stops. Do you call you bus stops by letters over there? Anway, they are definitely curse words :)

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    bryan Says:
    November 28th, 2003 at 11:53 am

    I don’t ride the bus, but I do know that sometimes particular routes are named by letter, like the “A” route, or the “F” route. That’s what I meant. You might have made it more clear by using the universally recognized symbols for cursing: @#%$^@$!, so it would be “between the F*#% and the B*@#%! there was deep understanding…”
    :-)