Mongolian Grill and Tracts
1st off, I love Mongolian Grill. Years ago when I was on a crazy diet Mongolian Grill was one of the few places that I could eat at. No noodles for me. Lots of vegetables. And Mongolian sauce. Mmmmmmmm.
Tonight when Dawn and I went to eat there. She was paying for the food and waiting for it while I was sitting at a table. (I still can't walk. I normally would wait for the food and carry it, but I couldn't.) As I was sitting there with my crutch (only used one today, which was a big mistake) up against the wall and my leg all bandaged up and stretched into the isle, a lady came up to me looking really nervous and said, "I noticed your leg, could I pray for you? The bible says that God is the great physician and I believe that He wants to heal you now." I replied, "Yeah, go for it." She then prayed that my leg would heal very quickly and handed me a tract. If you don't know what a tract is, it's those one of those pamphlets that Christians hand out on the street or somewhere that tell a little about Jesus and how accept Him into your heart...yada yada yada.
Tonight when Dawn and I went to eat there. She was paying for the food and waiting for it while I was sitting at a table. (I still can't walk. I normally would wait for the food and carry it, but I couldn't.) As I was sitting there with my crutch (only used one today, which was a big mistake) up against the wall and my leg all bandaged up and stretched into the isle, a lady came up to me looking really nervous and said, "I noticed your leg, could I pray for you? The bible says that God is the great physician and I believe that He wants to heal you now." I replied, "Yeah, go for it." She then prayed that my leg would heal very quickly and handed me a tract. If you don't know what a tract is, it's those one of those pamphlets that Christians hand out on the street or somewhere that tell a little about Jesus and how accept Him into your heart...yada yada yada.
This is my favorite tract...cuz He would have.
Has this happened to you before? It was a little awkward but I was really nice cuz I could see that it took a lot of her faith to do it and I wanted to encourage her. But I have a few critiques on the presentation. 1. She never introduced herself or asked my name. 2. Very nervous and unnatural. 3. Prayed that I would accept Jesus and handed me a tract. 4. She said she felt "led to pray for me."
I'm glad for her attempt though. And maybe I'll get saved from it. But, if she had taken a few more seconds to introduce herself and ask who I was, she wouldn't have had to be so nervous and make a few wrong assumptions. What I do give her is that she was genuine and bold. It takes a lot to ask to pray for a complete stranger.
Cold turkey evangelism has always been weird to me. How about you? Turn on or turn off? The wave of the future or a lost cause? I know 2 people who came to the Lord through those little "turn or burn" pamphlets. What do you think?
posted by Tim Oas @ 9:14 PM
3 Comments:
Did you get healed? Why do you think she felt led to "witness" to you? What kind of tract was it? I admire her for her boldness. Witnessing the way she did it takes a lot of courage...and maybe she'll end up connecting with someone who is truly ready. Still, I find myself "witnessing" the most through natural conversations where spiritual topics come up. This often happens and seems more effective to me.
I agree...I totally respect her boldness. There have been two times where I've felt "led" to approach someone...I guess it was an urge I couldn't explain...and I didn't. And I regret it. I liked your critiques. Let me know it you get healed. Bye.
I hate to disagree (actually, I love to disagree), but I think He would have appreciated fine engineering and wanting to get where ever he was going fast, Hhe would have ridden a Ducati . . . perhaps a 1098 or maybe an older model 996, flame red :-)
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