Little Picture, Big Purpose

We had our carpet at home cleaned this morning. I had been looking forward to this morning as I had already decided to give Tim, the Carpet Guy a tract.

As I was waiting for him to turn up, I looked at my Lounge Room and thought, "Would anyone who comes here know that we are Christians?" There are 2 framed Cross-stitch pieces (a clock that says 'Jesus Saves' and a smaller piece, 'The Lord is my Shepherd'). I decided to complete this other piece which I had been working on and have it framed, as I felt that what was on the wall were not obvious enough.

Ahhhh, but God can use anything, big or small, for His wonderful purpose.

Tim came on the dot at 9:45 am and started to set up his machine, while I made him a cup of coffee. He came round to the kitchen and asked me if I go to Church, as he had been looking at the pictures I had on the wall. My heart skipped a bit and thanked God! We started chatting about going to church, spirituality, life and modern medicine. He was quite opened about himself to me and spoke of his past- alcoholic father, his fight with depression, and how he took steps to change his life. he is reading a lot and continues to learn about life now. As we chat, I prayed in my heart for God to help me say the right things, to help me be a good testimony for Him. As much as I can, I introduced God, Christ and my own personal experiences as a Christian into the conversation. Apparently he did go to church when he was a child, but only to exchange stamps. He did find that quite ridiculous now but did not think otherwise when he was young. I didn't quite get to share the Gospel with him, but managed to hand him a tract and suggested that he have a look at more articles online on the Jack Chick website and Creation Ministries website. He was quite interested and so I pray that he will find more answers in his search for the Truth.

I thank God that He had created this great opportunity for me to share instead of merely handing Tim a tract to read. It was a good training experience for me to share without fear. Please pray for Tim.

All glory to our most gracious and wonderful Lord!!

Ruey