Encounter with the Pizza Guy

Yesterday, Tony got off work a little later than normal and was informed that he had to come into work Saturday morning for a few hours. So we decided to just have a relaxing evening at home; but God had better plans. Shortly after dinner, our dear brother Fareid called to say that Fresh Ground Ministries was having a car wash Saturday and wanted to borrow our banners and have some gospel tracts to pass out to their "customers". (Praise the Lord for their desire to reach out to the lost)! "No problem!" So we drove over to Fareid's house to drop off the materials, then we decided to go hang out at Books a Million for a while. From there Tony mentioned that he was hungry and hinted at getting a pizza. So then we had a short discussion on whether we should buy a fresh pizza from the local pizzaria or just buy a frozen pizza to cook at home. We decided on fresh cheese pizza. As the very polite "pizza guy" wrote down our order, his pen slipped off the pad and he said - "Jesus". He almost instantly said "Forgive my language". I then asked him "Why do you think it was wrong to say that?" "Because I used it in vain." "That's interesting. I agree with you." From there he went on to tell us that he's been attending a local private college where it is mandatory to take both Old and New Testament classes. He was raised as a Buddhist and really enjoyed the OT teacher in particular as he gave a broad overview of what Christianity is. During our 10 minute wait for the pizza to bake we felt led to give him some sort of resource that gave a good explanation of the gospel. We prayed that God would give us wisdom and we settled on a sermon by Mark Driscoll titled "Jesus Died for our Unrighteousness". The "Pizza Guy" was very grateful for the sermon and said he would definately listen to it.

Glory to God - the One who has our every step planned to bring glory to His wonderful Name!!!

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established... the heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Proverbs 16:3 & 9