OK so here’s the deal….I went to lunch with my grandmother the other day. There were two men in the booth behind us who I would throw in the motorcycle gang category if I was gonna try to judge them but ya know…..I don’t do stuff like that! They finish up their meal and head out not too long after we get there. The one man heads out without looking back but the other man stops at a table just across from us where a family is eating. It’s a man and his wife, probably close to my age (late 30’s), and their 3 teenage children. He says, “Oh is this your family?” And the man says yes. I assume they know each other and he’s about to introduce the family. Nope! Motorcycle guy hands him a card and says, “Beautiful family! I just wanted to speak to the man of the house and ask if you knew Him” (Him obviously being Jesus and the card handed to him was some type of religious subject).

We’re gonna do a little side note here. There are several issues I’ve had in my little process of trying to become a more dedicated and knowledgeable Christian…..”Man of the house” is one of them. Not the biggest one, but it annoys me a tad. I think there is some truth to the man kinda leading the family but ugh! I feel like either men have seriously dropped the ball on that one or maybe it was just supposed to be the other way to begin with….I don’t know. I’m trying though. My Big Fat Greek Wedding helped me a bit when the mother said, “Remember…..the man is the head of the house but the woman is the neck and she can turn the head any way she wants!” So true….but I guess we can let them have the head of the house thing for now. Anyway…..moving on….

So the man and wife say, “Yes we do know him well!” Alright….here’s at least part of the question……should the conversation have ended there? I could see the answer going either way! Cause maybe they really do know him well and they don’t need to hear from this man or maybe they just get dressed and head to church every Sunday without a clue OR maybe they just said yes in hopes that he would go away! I may have just answered my own question there. 🤔 Well anyway….The conversation most definitely did not end there!

The man then says, “But do you really know him? Do you have him right here?” (Pointing to his heart) and the mother and father say yes. OK now what? Should it have ended there? Cause either they really do know him or they really do want him to go away at this point. I don’t have an answer on that one. I really would love for y’all to give me some feed back on this blog!

Motorcycle dude is on a roll and does not stop there! He goes on to ask if he can please share a brief testimony and the family nods yes because what else can ya do really? Well I tried to listen to it all without being too noticeable but between the fact that he wasn’t actually talking to me and my grandmother rolling her eyes and saying, “Can you believe this guy?” I missed some of it. My grandmother’s reaction is kinda my point! I knew it was a rhetorical question (which I sometimes don’t catch on to so kudos to me on that one!) so I didn’t answer but I was thinking…..I don’t know if I can believe the guy or not! I’m somewhere between cheering for him while patting him on the back and screaming for him to shut up because he’s making Christians look like loony tunes!

The just of the story was that he was this REALLY bad dude (just so ya know….I’m picturing Hell’s Angels) that drank too much and lost everything in his life. The alcohol took a hold of him and wouldn’t let go till one night (I think he heard something on the radio from a Christian group….I’m not sure I missed part of that) he prayed and said “Lord if you will help me get away from this alcohol and this life then I promise to serve you for the rest of my life. And here I am, doing just that!” OK….here I ask again…..Should this have been the end of the conversation?? I think I’m going to vote yes at this point but I am genuinely curious what y’all think so please do leave feedback!

He went on to quote some scripture and tell a story about Paul that I don’t remember because I’m a terrible person. I think he said about 10 times, “OK just one more thing and I’m gonna leave for real!” He did finally leave after the story about Paul. This is probably the most amazing part about the story for me…..and it’s terrible that I think this way but I’m just keepin it real here…..First of all, all 3 of those teenagers sat through all of that with their eyes focused on him and a smile on their faces! Well….to be completely honest I could only see two of them so for all I know the third one could have been rolling her eyes and sticking her tongue out the whole time…..I’m just assuming she went along with the other two! Secondly, Not one of those people said anything bad about the man or how long he spoke or anything when he left! They didn’t even mention Hell’s Angels!! Now I don’t know what they may have said when they got to the car, but they didn’t say anything in the restaurant!

Soooo this whole interaction intrigues me! I really wanna know what y’all think of it! We go to church and hear how we should spread the word and discuss different ways to do that, but I don’t see it done very often and I STINK at doing it myself! But I’m not questioning IF it’s our responsibility to spread the word……I’m pretty clear on that! My question is at what point are we just annoying people and potentially even turning them against God by being annoying or overbearing? I think a LOT has been done on FB to keep non Christians just that…..NON Christians. It almost sounds to me like you have to hate everyone to be a Christian anymore according to FB and that simply isn’t the case, but looking on FB I feel sure that the LGBT community would feel that way along with anyone who loves and supports them. (This May also be one of my issues with Christianity…) I kinda threw that in there off subject but it does go with the main question. Are we bringing people to Jesus or scaring them away? What do y’all think? Where is the line? One thing we can’t deny is that this man’s story was heard! Not only by that family but also by me and anyone else in ear shot at the restaurant and now on a blog! So I’m gonna say kudos to him regardless of the feedback or my personal opinion of his approach!

Y’all have a magical day and please let me know what y’all think!