A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night dinner.
Running through the airport with their briefcases in hand, one of these salesmen inadvertently knocked over a table which held a display of apples.
Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to barely reach the plane just in time for the final boarding call.
All but one.
He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived home and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.
He was glad he did.
The 16-year-old girl was totally blind.
She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her—no one stopping and no one to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said,
“Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?”
She nodded through her tears.
He continued on, “I hope we didn’t spoil your day too badly.”
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, “Mister…”
He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes.
She continued, “Are you Jesus?”
He stopped in mid-stride. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: “Are you Jesus?”
Do people mistake you for Jesus? That’s our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would.
Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It’s actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
We all should strive to show a Christ-like character.
Great inspiration well done I like the message so much! I will past it to many people inmy address!
This message here, like ALL the messages displayed are like the apples. They are good for you. You crave more and make sure you spend as much time as you can, getting more to feed yourself, to keep yourself healthy. Thank you. Have a blessed day, every day. GeeMa.
that puts a lump in my throat. yes we Christians should be more like Jesus to than we were yesterday. if all Christians were like Jesus the world would be getting better and not worse.
awesome, inspiring
Remember that people everywhere are watching you. Do you reflect Jesus in your actions?
We all know, talk proclaim about Jesus… but this is an experience of Jesus himself. … a life changing process.
I pary the same que asked of me.
this message is really awesome and touchy, it has blessed my soul richly this morning and i will pass the message round.
To be more like He wants from us
Wow! God bless