Miracles by Terri Blackstock

Author:Terri Blackstock
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-09-09T21:00:00+00:00

16

SAM WAS STUNNED WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE classroom that afternoon and saw the number of people who had come to learn how to share their faith. He looked around and guessed that there were at least a hundred people there. Some baby Christians, some who’d been believers for years. Bill and Steve were bringing in extra chairs, and Sam joined in. At least he could do that, he thought.

When John finally got the class quiet, he searched the room. “Sam, would you come up here for a minute, please?”

Sam shot John a look that told him he was going too far. He set down the chairs he was carrying and moved to the front of the room.

“Sam, everybody here knows the success rate you’ve had in telling people about Christ,” John said. “It’s inspired all of us. Now, you can see from the size of this class, the fruit that it’s borne. And I wanted you to stand up here for a minute and tell people what your secret is.”

Shocked, Sam gaped at his pastor. Why would John humiliate him like this? What did he expect him to say? That he’d had a supernatural gift of hearing peoples’ souls? John stepped closer and lowered his voice. “Sam, tell them what to do. Tell them how to listen. Tell them what to see. You know.”

Sam’s eyes filled with tears, and his mouth trembled as he shifted from one foot to the other. He met Kate’s hopeful eyes, and she nodded for him to answer. He cleared his throat and tried to speak. His voice cracked as it came out. “Well, basically, the bottom line, I guess, is . . .” He cleared it again. “Well, uh . . . you just . . . listen. Listen to them talk. Look at their faces. Look in their eyes. Touch them. Use your common sense.” Yes, he thought. That was exactly what he had done every time he’d had any success. Something inside him stirred, and he took a step toward the class.

“If you could just hear with the ears of God, for a day, or a week, or two weeks . . .” He wiped the tears before they could run down his face. “If you could hear what God hears, you’d never forget it.” He stopped and took a deep breath and met Kate’s eyes, then John’s. “There’s not a soul out there who doesn’t have those spiritual needs. You’ve got to learn to look for them.”

Someone in the back of the room raised her hand, and he nodded for her to speak. “Sam, what would you say is their most common spiritual need?”

He shrugged and thought the question over for a long moment, juggling the different answers that came to him, trying to decide what the most common and most important ones were. “Well, they need to know that they’re loved, that there’s hope, that there’s healing, that someone’s in control, that they’re not a product of their past, that they can be forgiven, that they can be useful, that they’re made in the image of God .

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