Let's be diligent with a good attitude, for our Lord!

-AN ORDINARY
GUY
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John performed
no sign, but all the
things that John
spoke about [Jesus]
were true.
--John 10:41
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Steve was just an ordinary guy. He quietly served in a church I attended years ago. He helped prepare communion, shoveled the sidewalks in the winter, and mowed the lawn in the summer. He spent time with teenage boys who had no fathers in the home. He was always willing to help where ever the church needed attention. He cleaned floors...

I often heard him telling people at church in his quiet way how good the Lord was to him. During prayer meeting he didn't talk much about himself but would ask us to pray for those he was telling about Jesus' forgiveness and love. He enjoyed sharing the the Lord with others.

A verse in John 10 about John the Baptist makes me think of Steve. People said of him: "John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man [Jesus] were true" (v.41). John didn't persorm miracles as Jesus did. He didn't talk about himself but came to "bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe" (1:7). He said of Jesus, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (1:29) My friend Steve bore witness of that Light as well.

Our aim, as followers of Jesus, is to do the same---to "bear witness of the Light." We're just ordinary people, serving God in our little corner of the world. With our quiet deeds and words, let's point others to the Light!

Just what do Christians look like?
What sets their lives apart?
They're ordinary people
Who love God from the heart.
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Christians are ordinary people who are committed to
the extraordinary person of Christ.

--ODB/AC