The beach
Today while walking on the beach I had a number of chances to hand out some tracts. I gave one to the life guard and asked him to check it out after work so that he would not be distracted from his job. I had taken a bike from the condo down to the beach. To get back, I had to carry the bike up a set of over 150 stairs. Fortunately there were some landings along the way to rest. As I rested, I’d wait for the next person that was coming down the stairs. When they got to me, I’d hand them a tract and ask “did you get one of these?” Of course most asked what it was. By the time I got to the top of the stairs, I had had about five different one on one conversations.
On of the tracts that we have says on the front “To reject the Gospel of Jesus Christ, please dispose of this card.” I handed one of these tracts to a man. He looked at it and even read the back. He said, “I don’t want to throw it away or keep it, so here” and he handed it back. This reminded me of the lyrics to Freewill by Rush that says “Even if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” It seems this man thought he was not rejecting Christ because he was giving the card back. But, I submit that he knew what he was doing. I pray that as his head hits the pillow tonight that he is tormented by the thought that he rejected Jesus today and then will call out for forgiveness and repent and trust the savior.
