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DO
YOU
KNOW
JESUS
CHRIST?
Written
by Johanna Hobrath, June 24, 2005
It
was a sunny day on June 24th. My husband and I had a number of plans for
that day. I was to go grocery shopping, and my husband was planning to
work in the yard.
In
the grocery store that morning, June 24, 2005, I selected the food items and
other products from the grocery aisles and placed the items into my shopping
cart. Toward the end of my completing the shopping tasks, I decided to
purchase a couple paper towels. While in the paper products section, a
refined, elderly lady complained as she looked at a tower of paper products that
contained several paper rolls in package forms. This lady was unable to
retrieve a package of her choice.
"How
does one get those rolls?" the lady asked me in a firm tone.
"Those
paper rolls are stacked very high," I replied.
And,
then, along came a sprightly young mom and pulled at the packages. While
doing so, down came several packages of paper rolls.
The
dear mom stated, "my kids are always throwing something at me."
I chuckled at that remark; and, then, the sprightly young mom continued to do
her grocery shopping.
The
refined, elderly lady intrigued me. Her somewhat grumpy attitude (although
she may have been right about the complaint) told me that she may be having a
rough day. The woman continued to speak to me and said, "the way
things are, I am ready to go."
"May
I ask you something?" I kindly said to her. "What do you think
about religion and Heaven?" I continued to ask the other question.
I
believe the woman was startled at my questions. At this point in time,
another lady stopped by with her shopping cart and listened to the conversation.
"Of
course there is only one God, and He is above everyone," I continued to
speak to the elderly lady. The woman then told me that she lost her
husband four years ago to the Alzheimer disease. I replied with empathy
and said, "it is difficult for the person that suffers and for the person
that is a caregiver."
"It
is much harder for the caregiver," the elderly lady replied. She then
continued to tell me that her husband was a professor. She also agreed
that there is one God above everyone. I kindly stated that ultimately we
need to accept Jesus into our hearts and lives, and He leads us to Heaven,
because "He is the way, the truth, and the
life." [John 14:6]
The
other lady that was listening to the two of us then replied, "I agree 100%
with that."
The
elderly lady then spoke defensively and said, "I don’t believe anyone
should force religion on any body." And, then, the 87-year old
refined woman continued to do her grocery shopping with her shopping cart.
I
was delighted to continue to speak to the middle-aged, Catholic woman. She
told me that she also believes in faith-healing. Recently (2005), Channel
5 (from the Cleveland, Ohio area) gave reports of faith-healing that occurred
through a doctor. The middle-aged woman spoke about the many paths that
people take and that those paths lead to Heaven.
The
Bible is very clear and tells us that "Jesus
is the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father (Heavenly
Father) except through Him (Jesus Christ)." [John 14:6]
The
Catholic woman and I were delighted that we had met each other, and went on our
way to complete the grocery shopping.
Will
the 87-year old, refined lady make it to Heaven some day? I hope so!
Seeds of faith were planted on June 24th, 2005.
[The
Bible makes reference to planting and watering - speaking in the spiritual
sense. See I
Corinthains 3:6-9]
