Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Free garage sale

With warming weather in this part of the world, my wife and I thought a garage sale would be overboard for getting rid of the stuff we had. We'd have to advertise in order to amortise, plan it out... so we decided to put our junk on our corner and put up a sign that said

FREE
(gratis)
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

I figured that it seems obtrusive to just force someone to read a Bible verse or consider God, but perhaps giving somebody something for free would make them OK with seeing a verse that reminded them: "be reconciled to God before it's too late!" We had several interesting conversations with folks who came by, and started relationship with a few neighbors. Cool!

I mention this not to gloat, but to be excited about ways this community of risk-takers are "being bold" for Christ. (For if we're not bold now, won't we look back later and think how we missed opportunities in the here and now?)

Any ways you care to share your boldness to encourage and inspire the group?

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