Don't you know how far the east is from the west?

Every once in a while this man comes into Family Christian basically just to talk to me.
It started when he came in during my first month, back in August. He came up to me at the register and told me that he woke up a few mornings ago speaking in tongues. He was kind of freaked out about it, but I kind of calmed him down about it. Told him that they do that at my church, that it wasn't strange or unheard of, that it was in the Bible.
And since then, the guy shows up every few weeks or so looking for me, it seems.
It's just so cool. This guy apparently has just been saved for a few months, goes to Northridge. I get the impression that this guy lives alone and doesn't have too many friends. Just a lonely fifty year old man, who apparently likes coming to Family Christian every once in a while to talk about God with people who "don't think he's crazy", like the rest of his family.
It's beautiful to hear him talk, honestly. I get the impression that he's slightly slow, maybe not legitimately but just a little off, socially speaking anyway. But the other night, he told me about asking for healing for God, and getting it. He said this like he thought I was going to think he was crazy, and then looked at me like I was crazy when I told him "God is a healer!"
I tell him about God's love, about all the things God is. Wonderful, triumphant, glorious, a healer, a deliverer, a conqueror, our shield, our defense, our strong tower, the light of the world, our best friend, the list goes on! He told me, "You're not like a lot of other people that call themselves a Christian. You really love God, don't you?"
It is so good that people can see my light shining, the light of God that is within me. I swear, every time anyone asks me about God.. it's like all the wonderful things about Him come tumbling out of my mouth. I don't stumble over my words, I don't mess things up. I just get full of joy, full of this warm, peaceful feeling that is like no other. It's like He takes over and uses me to minister to these people. What an awesome thing! What a blessing to be used by our God. It's so amazing that God could take someone who's messed up like me, someone who's brought anything but glory to His name for all the years I called myself a "Christian" and clearly was anything but Christ-like.. and use me as a vessel for His great work.

And telling people about God makes me fall in love with Him all over again.
Telling people about how good He is reminds me of every time He's ever done anything for me.


My dad texted me these 7 Bible verses the other day.. 7 things, amongst many others, that Jesus is.

John 6:35
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

John 10:99
I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 11:25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.

John 14:66
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 15:11
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser."