A True Story!
His name was Ronnie and he would continually come each day faithfully and
share his Baptist belief about Jesus Christ to me. I had known Ronnie for many
years in my boyhood town but through the years we became separated and went our
own way in life. Now here he was preaching to an alcoholic and drug addict about
this Jesus.
He would daily tell me of the love Jesus had for me and that unless I received
Him I was going to hell. My answer to that was typical, I didn’t care and
besides all my friends were going with me.
Every day he came and everyday I embarrassed him, was rude to him and humiliated
him. Then one day Ronnie stopped coming and I was so relieved.
As time passed I became introduced to the Christian life style and one day I
accepted Jesus into my life. I then proceeded to go to Bible College, became
ordained and today am a Pastor of a Congregational Church in London Ontario,
Canada.
During this time in my walk, God spoke to me and told me to find Ronnie and let
him know what had happened. This urging was so great that I just could not deny
it nor ignore it. I called my mother to see if she could get me Ronnie’s phone
number and she did. I then proceeded to make the call and got Ronnie on the
line.
I proceeded to tell him how the seeds he had planted in my life had borne fruit
and that I wanted him to know that he truly was a blessing to me and my family.
There was a pause on the other end and then I could hear Ronnie crying. I
wondered what I had said to make this man cry. He came back on the line and told
me that he was just sitting at his kitchen table feeling kind of down because he
had been questioning God as to whether he had been used to bring anyone to
Christ and he had felt like a failure.
He then proceeded to tell me that he had just returned from the doctor that day
and had been diagnosed with cancer and could not be operated on. He had a very
short time left.
Ronnie told me that that phone call had made a difference to him and he could
now feel good because he had brought one bad character to the Lord.
When the voice of the Holy Spirit is so loud, so persistent, never ignore Him.
You never know whose life you will make an impact upon.
Pastor Troy Dingwell dingy2@execulink.com