Meet Todd (4)

Todd was sitting on a bench listening to his iphone. Normally, I don't talk to people with earphones in but I did it anyway today.

Before this, Trabo had caught up with me and we prayed about the witnessing and he went to talk to a girl on a bench and I went after Todd.

Todd was probably my favorite person to talk to all day. He was a very very very laid back guy who grew up in the Presbyterian Church. I could have said anything to him and he would have been cool with it, but he was also engaged in the conversation. Usually, if you talk with some one who is laid back they are also almost oblivious to what you are saying.

Turns out I had witnessed to Todd probably a year earlier. So, I got to go down a totally different sort of questions with him. You see, I had already talked with him about the Gospel and God's Laws and he still had not changed his life.

So, I got to delve into questions like, "Why do you think you haven't submitted to God? Do you think it could be that you would rather have your sins than have God?"

Todd, said, "No." If I could sum it up, he said, that he has no interest in God. He believes in God but has no interest in reading in general, much less reading the bible. He has no interest in the things of God and thinks at the end of the day he is a good person who will earn heaven.

After talking with him for a while I brought up the fact that he must not really think he deserves hell. Then I explained why it is reasonable that telling one lie is worthy of eternity in hell. I will write another blog about that little explanation some other time. But after explaining it he understood.

Then I passionately shared what Jesus had done for us and left him there on the bench.

I remember someone saying, "If they cannot see the tears in your eyes let them hear them in your voice."

Have you wept over the lost lately, in eyes, voice, or heart?