Topics:<\/b> Conversion; Example; Kindness; Love; Mercy; Patience; Self-control<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Matthew 5:14\u201316; 1 John 4:7\u201311<\/p>\n
Gavin and I were helping my pastor guide thirty lively teens through an all-night \u201clock-in\u201d at church. Early in the evening, Gavin challenged me to a game of table tennis in the fellowship hall. Our game quickly heated up.<\/p>\n
With the score tied and only three points to go before the end of the game, Tracy, an eighth-grader, grabbed the ball and kept it from us. My first impulse was irritation. But then a Scripture passage that our group had read that afternoon came to mind: \u201cLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gavin and I joked with Tracy until she finally tossed the ball back onto the table. We thanked her and finished the game.<\/p>\n
Hours later, after an evangelistic film, Tracy walked down the aisle with six others to receive Christ as Savior. Later that night, when we gathered for testimonies, Tracy said, \u201cI grew up in a family where nobody goes to church. I\u2019ve learned to get attention by making people mad at me. But earlier this evening I saw something different.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gavin and I looked at each other and raised our eyebrows. \u201cWhen I stole the ball from those guys,\u201d she said, pointing at us, \u201cthey didn\u2019t get mad at me. They didn\u2019t fight back. I decided right then that I wanted whatever it was they have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Clark Cothern, \u201cI Saw Something Different in Those Guys,\u201d Decision<\/i> (May 2000)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Conversion; Example; Kindness; Love; Mercy; Patience; Self-control References: Matthew 5:14\u201316; 1 John 4:7\u201311 Gavin and I were helping my pastor guide thirty lively teens through an all-night \u201clock-in\u201d at church. Early in the evening, Gavin challenged me to a game of table tennis in the fellowship hall. Our game quickly heated up. With the … Continue reading “LOVING
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