The liquor store encounter!

This is about a man and the brief encounter he had one day. You see this man was a hard working man and a God fairing man. He is not perfect but tries his best. one day on his was home after a day of struggles and trials at work the man took a detour to his own place where he goes to get away from reality. This place is a place the man hates but runs to. Its a local liquor store. The man pulls up to the destination and receives a text from his pastor with a verse from 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight for the faith; take hold of eternal life that you were called to and have made a good confession about in the presence of many witnesses. The words ring true in the mans ear and heart but he puts down the phone and walks into his place of idolatry. The door opens and the man wielding his cross from his neck starts his tour down the isle of the liquor store searching for the largest and cheapest bottle he can find. His eyes fall down toward the bottom shelf and he grasp his bottle full of poison and rebellion. The man then starts toward the counter to pay for his future drunkenness as the door swings open and a man walks in. He is a somewhat unassuming man,a little over weight with clothes that looked like the were worn for a few days. The man stops in front of the man that has his bottle in hand and noticed the rather large cross dangling from his neck and asked him "what denomination are u?" The soon to be drunken man replays "my denomination is Jesus Christ" and he mention the verse that his pastor had just text him in the car. The man then looks down and notices the cheap large vodka bottle in the Cross wielding mans hand. With the calmest and most soothing voice the man says " it will be ok brother,we all have our vices and demons, you will be ok" . He then pats the shoulder of the man and tells him these words and these words are what will sit with the man in his heart for ever, " trust in the man who died on that cross you wear from your neck and know that I will pray for you and I feel such a strong anointing on you , you are a going to be a great warrior for Christ I just feel it right now, God bless you" The man with the hand full of vodka looks up and says "thank you very much and God bless" in a nervous and somewhat startled tone and he left the store with many more questions running through his head.


I would like to tell you the man threw away the Vodka Bottle right then and there but that is not how the story goes. The man continued his path but now has a ringing thought in his heart every time he has moments like these when he turns to his vice instead of God to cure his self doubts and fear and stress. He seeks God even more everyday. He wonders if the words the man said where true and is he anointed. So he continues to try even though he falls to live up to the expectations the Man in the Liquor store Told him he was. After all he is here typing this Blog right now and has fallen many time but I keep trying. I must be what the man told me to be and the man God wants me to be. We all should strive to be as God has made us, in his image for his likeness and love. God Bless everyone who reads this and may you have your Encounter somewhere so that maybe you will become aware of what you are here for.