Well this morning again I was faced with a "Way of the Master" thing. I wonder if I could talk face to face with Todd, what might come of that. I am not significant person in the world, but he on the other hand is leading people. Leading them..... I'm unsure where. Pause. It seems to have become entertainment. I've encountered many, many people this last month that look up to Todd and the "Way of the Master" and everytime I hear it I just about cringe. I don't think that I should feel that about a brother. Why do I have this terrible feeling that he is not doing God's will. One lady walked up to me and said that Todd is the "Anti-Christ" I hadn't taken that into account, and was a bit thrown back by that comment. You all know where I work and working there I have encountered many types of people. I would say thought that 85-90% of the people who stopped by had something to say about Todd. Most of them asked if he would be comming out to the State Fair to do some street witnessing, they would go on to say how "neat" that was to watch. I would respond that he would not be at the Fair in any official way, but that they could stand infront of our booth and witness if they wanted too. *One night a teenaged guy came over to the booth and asked if he could stand on our stage and read the Bible to the passing croud. I told him that everyone one else was using the stage so he might as well too.*
Back to Todd. Is he purely entertainment? I wonder how many of those people even spoke to one person about the "GOOD NEWS" while they were at the fair.... or did they leave it up to Todd? I had the chance to speak with many people. A gay guy refered to a Bible verse that states the Golden Rule. How did that apply to me? He told me that it applies becuase he wants to be treated the way that he treats others. I agreed with that. Then he went on to say that means that he wants to be able to marry his boyfriend, just like I could marry my boyfriend. I then asked him, by definition doesn't marriage mean one man and one woman. He agreed with that. I asked why does there have to be marrage between same sex. He said so society will view and respect them as much as they do a marrage between heterosexuals. Then I chuckled just a bit, trying to hold it back. I said Marrage is a joke in our society, the "ball and chain," marrage is not respected. He stopped for a moment, then said your right. This man claimed to be a Christian. As such I knew I was to love him and to talk with him in love. Him leaving with things to think about and only engaging in gentle conversation with a sister in the lord may have blessed his heart. I was just asking question to things I did not understand, I was not hoping to get him thinking. The girl I was working with began a debate with him (a heated debate) about Homosexuality being a sin. I excused myself and told the man to have a great day. I don't know why I am writing about this.
So another man came to my booth and was irate. He said to me and the other kid working. "You don't have to be a republican to be a Christian." we agreed and then he went on to say, "you don't have to be conservative either" we again agreed. I asked him, if he prayed before he voted, he said "yes, of course." Then I asked him some thing like this: if he thought that God knew and had control over who would be put in such a position, and did he trust God. He got much more upset and told me all the things that Bush is doing wrong and that my generation will not have any social security because of Bush.
That's enought of reminising about those experiences.
I need prayer for the school year, it is already super hard.
Back to Todd. Is he purely entertainment? I wonder how many of those people even spoke to one person about the "GOOD NEWS" while they were at the fair.... or did they leave it up to Todd? I had the chance to speak with many people. A gay guy refered to a Bible verse that states the Golden Rule. How did that apply to me? He told me that it applies becuase he wants to be treated the way that he treats others. I agreed with that. Then he went on to say that means that he wants to be able to marry his boyfriend, just like I could marry my boyfriend. I then asked him, by definition doesn't marriage mean one man and one woman. He agreed with that. I asked why does there have to be marrage between same sex. He said so society will view and respect them as much as they do a marrage between heterosexuals. Then I chuckled just a bit, trying to hold it back. I said Marrage is a joke in our society, the "ball and chain," marrage is not respected. He stopped for a moment, then said your right. This man claimed to be a Christian. As such I knew I was to love him and to talk with him in love. Him leaving with things to think about and only engaging in gentle conversation with a sister in the lord may have blessed his heart. I was just asking question to things I did not understand, I was not hoping to get him thinking. The girl I was working with began a debate with him (a heated debate) about Homosexuality being a sin. I excused myself and told the man to have a great day. I don't know why I am writing about this.
So another man came to my booth and was irate. He said to me and the other kid working. "You don't have to be a republican to be a Christian." we agreed and then he went on to say, "you don't have to be conservative either" we again agreed. I asked him, if he prayed before he voted, he said "yes, of course." Then I asked him some thing like this: if he thought that God knew and had control over who would be put in such a position, and did he trust God. He got much more upset and told me all the things that Bush is doing wrong and that my generation will not have any social security because of Bush.
That's enought of reminising about those experiences.
I need prayer for the school year, it is already super hard.
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