I need to let them know!! The thought of sharing the great news with my exhausted,
long-suffering Jesus-friends pounced in my head with the mixture of excitement and
urgency. They won’t believe it!! They’ll be absolutely thrilled…
Just then there was a knock on the
door. The French guy stuck his head in,
We need to talk.
Yes, I jumped to my feet, we
do! I have some great news to share with you. But, he didn’t seem excited. I had no idea what was going on, but it didn’t
really matter for I finally got it. I finally knew what they were talking
about, from the inside out, not as an outsider watching in. I was loved, and
forgiven, and empowered by the Spirit of Jesus Christ to live a life of
purpose, and joy, and…
You need to leave. He said without expression. We’ve
talked about you and prayed and decided it is best for you to leave. Right now.
Go back home.
No, you don’t understand. I… I
just prayed, and received… and… I DO understand now… I KNOW it’s true…Jesus is…
We got you a one-way ticket back home, he interrupted my excited
rambling, apparently deaf to the great news I was trying to share. The train leaves in a couple of hours. You need to get your stuff together and get ready. We’ll be leaving in thirty minutes. With
that he stood up and left the room. I was stunned.
But… but… I shook my head in utter disbelief. This can’t be happening… it’s crazy... I slowly pushed my chair
away from the table, struggling to get up.
At the train station, I was given
an old copy of Gideon New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs which I received
like a bag of gold. We prayed and said
our good-byes. I found a seat in an empty compartment, sat down and I begun to cry
like a baby, as the train slowly moved from station. Mingled with tears, and misunderstanding, and
disappointment, and the rhythmic sound of the wheels on the tracks, I suddenly
realized, was peace … that same peace that followed unconditional surrender to
the unsearchable ways of the One who loves me and knows me better than I know
myself.
Thus I was introduced to the
mysterious, sometimes seemingly non-sensical ways Jesus Christ chooses to work through
the agency of man.
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