((( TESTIMONY, MY ENCOUNTER WITH A HITCHHIKER ))) I WAS TRAVELING FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA TO ONTARIO CANADA, WHICH IS A FORTY HOUR DRIVE ACROSS CANADA. THIS TRIP USUALLY TOOK ME THREE DAYS BY CAR. AS I ENTERED A SMALL TOWN IN WESTERN ALBERTA, JUST PAST THE BRITISH COLUMBIA BORDER, I SAW A YOUNG MAN HITCHHIKING, AND CARRYING A LARGE BAG, SO I STOPPED AND ASKED HIM WHERE HE WAS GOING. HE ANSWERED ONTARIO, SO I SAID GET IN. THIS YOUNG HITCHHIKER TRAVELED WITH ME FOR 3 FULL DAYS, AND I TOOK CARE OF HIM AS MY OWN SON. I TAUGHT HIM THE WORD OF GOD, AND I PROVIDED SHELTER, FOOD, AND A FREE RIDE ACROSS CANADA. EVERY TIME WE ATE TOGETHER, WE HELD ONE HAND AND THANKED THE LORD FOR OUR MEAL, AS MY WIFE AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DOING TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS. HIS NAME WAS JIM, AND I BELIEVE THE LORD HAS USED ME TO REACH HIS HEART WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. AS I PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO JIM, I NOTICED A FEW TIMES FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE AS I WAS DRIVING, THAT HE WAS TEARY EYED, AND ANYONE COULD OF NOTICED THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON IN HIS HEART. JIM ADMITTED TO ME THAT HE WAS LIVING ON THE STREETS OF A SOUTHERN ONTARIO CITY, AND THAT HE WAS ADDICTED TO CRACK COCAINE, MARIJUANA, AND CRYSTAL METH. I WAS LIKE A BIG BROTHER TO JIM, AND HAD MANY HOURS TO ENCOURAGE HIM IN THE PATHS THAT HE SHOULD GO. IT WAS AN AMAZING FEW DAYS TOGETHER. SINCE I NOW KNOW THAT IT WAS GOD WHO ARRANGED THIS ENCOUNTER, I CAN BOLDLY SAY THAT I WAS FAITHFUL TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD TO JIM, AND KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THE SEED HAS BEEN PLANTED. AS I DROPPED JIM OFF APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS FROM HIS FINAL DESTINATION, I GAVE HIM MY PHONE NUMBER AND ASKED HIM TO CALL ME. I GAVE HIM SOME MONEY, AND A FINAL PRAYER, AND WE PARTED. IVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN.
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 04:26:14 +0000
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