One day while I was hitchhiking, a black Cadillac stopped for me. The driver was well-dressed and looked wealthy, but it was easy to see that he was not happy. After we rode in silence for awhile he turned to me and asked, “Would you mind driving? I need a break.” I was happy for the chance to help. As I drove, I wanted to talk to him about the Lord Jesus. But he was so quiet and seemed to have a lot on his mind. I didn’t know how to begin. Almost without thinking about it, I began to hum some hymns to myself.
After a short time he turned to me and said, “If you feel like singing, go ahead.”
I sang every hymn and gospel song I knew until we arrived where I was going. I stopped the car and was about ready to get out when he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, “Thank you. That’s the first time I’ve been to church for twenty years. You’ll never know what this has meant to me.”
Then I was able to tell him about my Saviour and how He had saved me. He thanked me again as I got out, and then drove off. I hope he accepts Christ as his Saviour, too, so that he can be happy knowing his sins are washed away in the precious blood of Christ.
What about you? How many times have you heard the story about Jesus and His love for you? How many times have you sat in a Sunday school or a gospel meeting and said to yourself, “Not right now"? The time is short. Accept Him now. Don’t wait any longer. “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard Him?” Hebrews 2:33How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; (Hebrews 2:3).
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