Memory Verse: Jesus ... “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” John 11:25
A missionary was walking down the street in a town in Arizona one day, when a Mexican passing by suddenly turned to gaze at him. Then suddenly putting his arms around the missionary and hugging him, the man exclaimed: “Oh brother! I’m glad to see you!”
“I like this,” returned the missionary, “but who are you?”
“Don’t you remember,” he said, “how 25 years ago you used to give out tracts on the streets in Mexico. Then if you were welcomed into a home, you would preach the gospel there that night?”
“Yes, I remember that. One time
they burned the house down where we had a meeting.”
“Well,” the man went on, “don’t you remember one night when you were preaching, a shoemaker came in drunk and stayed to listen? He was quiet; and after the service when you asked if any would like to be saved, he wanted to make a confession. But he was drunk and you did not believe him.”
“Yes, I remember that night.”
“Well, I am that drunken shoemaker.”
But he was certainly not drunk now. Instead he was well-dressed, and then he told of how he was a servant of the Lord and preaching the gospel.
“I want you to meet my wife,” he said. “She is coming now. Then around the corner came a well-dressed attractive lady, who, when she saw the missionary, ran and embraced him.
“You don’t remember me,” she said, “but I’m Ninfa. When I was just a little girl, you visited our home, and taking me up on your lap, you told me about Jesus. That was the first time anyone ever talked to me about being saved.” She was now a happy Christian, a nurse, and faithful wife of the evangelist.
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days... In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.” Eccl. 11:1, 6.
“Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near.” Isa. 55:6.
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