Exloring Life Eternal

While studying in college, I observed that Jesus never promised a "job," though He did promise provision & he does call us to Himself ... 100% commitment.

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Today, the Lord gave me 3 great witnessing opportunities ... because I worked with an advertising contractor holding a street sign & listening to a CD with praise music or the Bible.

The first conversation was with a guy in a red Jeep who asked what this
was all about. I indicated that the signs were for the "conversion" of
the K-Mart store to a Sears Essentials store because of a corporate
buyout, but what I was about was a different conversion: the
conversion of souls from dark to light, from sin to salvation, from
death to life, etc. He mentioned that he too had noticed that far too
many people thought that it was all about money. He had had 2 heart
attacks & hardening of the arteries. Anxiety rested upon his face. I
reminded him of Jesus' death, burial, & resurrection & we asked the
Lord for help in this man's body. I suggested a church we (my wife &
I) had attended, and he seemed interested. His name is Louie Waterbury.

The second conversation was with a co-worker who had grown up for a
time around a sectarian splinter off Christianity (The Way
International) http://www.ex-wayworld.com/ I talked with him about
the Bible, and he admitted his need for forgiveness. However, he was
interested in the Bible, but did not seem to have ever personally
studied it in depth. He has a hard time in life, but needs to see the
church in love with God (not money/power/tradition?.) He left still
searching.

The last man was a man of some authority & wealth. He seemed to have
some authority at the store (as he was the one who was there when we
learned that we (the sign-holders) would have to leave). He had seen /
watched me as I bought some things that my wife wanted, but at very
good prices!

As I was about to leave the store, he too was leaving. He was busy,
but he greeted me, "How are you doing?"

"Rejoicing!" I answered.

"Why's that?" he asked.

"Because my name is written in the Lamb's book of life? Is yours?"

"Umm, I don't know."

"Would you be interested in knowing for sure that your name is in the
Lamb's book?"

"No." He muttered a little something else too, but he was in his SUV &
off down the road at that point.

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All that to say, it was perhaps the best day for me personally, but the
"job" is closing up ... quick! I was doing what I loved doing, but the
"money" was not all that great!! (1/2 of what was originally offerred,
though I have done the job before. Uncertain future.) God is
providing through Praying Through the Arabian Peninsula, a little more,
which has become my life passion since 3+ years ago, but as they say,
the money ain't great but the retirement benefits are out of this world.

Thanks for your encouragement & mutual prayer.

Peace,
Mert Hershberger