‭‭Today’s Passage: ‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭39‬ ‭NRSV‬‬

I grew up with the guy on the right, that’s his father in the middle. He reached out to me about a month ago. It had been about 35+ years since we’d seen each other. He was then (and still is now) 6 years my senior. We played every sport known to man on the streets of our neighborhood. He took me just about everywhere with him. Fishing, football banquets, the mall, to the college he attended.

He told me he accepted the good Lord into his life about 20 years ago. He says when people ask him if he went to church when he was a kid, he says not a lot, but when I did go I went with the family next door. That was my family. I’m sure my mother encouraged me to invite him. Not that the invite is the reason for his salvation, he said his wife encouraged that, but our invite may have planted a small seed. I would imagine Jesus was involved as well. Invite those people who you want to take with you to heaven, and those you do not, they need it the most.