I have a friend and only he could tell this story to make it really funny, but I will try my best to give it justice. However, you would have to know the guy to understand that these things just kind of things naturally happen to him.
He had traveled to visit a relative. They lived in a housing addition where all the complexes were built alike. Having spent a few days with them, he decided to venture out on his own to do some shopping. Upon returning, his relative was not home so he went upstairs to take a nap. When he woke, he returned downstairs and immediately noticed a stone fireplace. In his sleepy state he thought, “I don’t believe I remember a fireplace.” It was then he realized he had entered the wrong house, slept in the wrong place, and might get caught in someone’s else house. He charged back upstairs, grabbed his shopping bag, and existed the house as fast as possible.
He had a knee jerk reaction. He did not want to be witnessed coming out of a stranger’s house. I believe we all have knee jerk reactions. Most of us have, at some time or other, accidentally taken an unexpected fall and immediately jumped up and looked around to see who might have witnessed the embarrassing incident.
When we think of a witness we imagine that they tell what they have heard and what they have seen. This is exactly what Jesus tells us to do. “You will be witnesses, telling people about me everywhere
He had traveled to visit a relative. They lived in a housing addition where all the complexes were built alike. Having spent a few days with them, he decided to venture out on his own to do some shopping. Upon returning, his relative was not home so he went upstairs to take a nap. When he woke, he returned downstairs and immediately noticed a stone fireplace. In his sleepy state he thought, “I don’t believe I remember a fireplace.” It was then he realized he had entered the wrong house, slept in the wrong place, and might get caught in someone’s else house. He charged back upstairs, grabbed his shopping bag, and existed the house as fast as possible.
He had a knee jerk reaction. He did not want to be witnessed coming out of a stranger’s house. I believe we all have knee jerk reactions. Most of us have, at some time or other, accidentally taken an unexpected fall and immediately jumped up and looked around to see who might have witnessed the embarrassing incident.
When we think of a witness we imagine that they tell what they have heard and what they have seen. This is exactly what Jesus tells us to do. “You will be witnesses, telling people about me everywhere
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