Nice to meet You

You know how there are people that say "when I get to heaven I want to meet Abraham" Well I would like to meet him too.... and a whole bunch of other people BUT right after I see Jesus, I want to meet a guy this I read about today.

We don't know his actual name but the very seldom but people's names in anyway... either a cultural thing or it simply wasn't that important to them. Anyway there was this dude was had a whole bunch of demons in him, and he was CRAZY. Like unstable crazy, like running around naked in the cemetery and super strong can break chains crazy. So people were pretty terrified of him. ( I would be too)

THEN! He gets healed by Jesus. and when the people see him, he is dressed, sitting at the feet of Jesus in his right mind. The people when they see him are still super duper scared of him and Jesus too. The people actually tell Jesus to leave because they are so scared of him.

The cool thing is though is this guy who got healed sooooo desperately wants to go with Jesus. But Jesus tells him to go and tell others about what has happened to him.

So the reason that I want to meet this guy is to hear his stories of telling others about Jesus. I want to hear his testimony of what his life was like before and after, especially  what it was like to grow and tell others.

So many times I find myself getting so excited about hearing new people come to Christ and want to hear how they get there and often forget that is only the beginning of the story. We forget to LISTEN to the rest of the stories. I want to hear about his stories and how he told others about God and how he learned more about Jesus. It would be so interesting to hear what he felt like when Jesus was crucified and then raised back to life. Or if he got to read the letters that Paul wrote or the gospels that the others wrote. I wonder if Luke actually ever talked to him about his story. So many questions to ask him.

In the mean time there are people all around me who I think have similar stories. Missionaries who, at least I think, would love to tell there stories about everyday life of what they went through and what happened. Past the stories of people coming to know Christ and past the stories, but of people growing and also the hardships that they face.  So what do I want to do, Listen to stories.