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As you read this, think about what out his wallet and said to the girl,
you would have done! "Here, please take this $40 for the
damage we did. Are you okay?”
A few years ago a group of
salesmen went to a Regional She nodded through her tears.
Sales Convention in Chicago. He continued, "I hope we didn't
They had assured their wives that spoil your day too much.”
they would be home in plenty of
time for the Friday night's dinner. As the salesman started to walk
away, the bewildered blind girl
In their rush to board the plane - called out to him. "Mister..." He
with tickets and briefcases - one paused and turned to look back
of these salesmen inadvertently into those blind eyes. She con-
kicked over a table which held a tinued, "Are you Jesus?"
display of apples. Apples flew
everywhere. Without stopping or He stopped in mid-stride, and
looking back, they all managed to wondered. Then slowly he made
reach the plane in time for their his way to catch the later flight
nearly missed boarding. with that question burning and
bouncing in his soul: "Are you
ALL BUT ONE!!! He paused, took Jesus?"
a deep breath, got in touch with
his feelings, and experienced a Do people mistake you for
twinge of compassion for the girl Jesus? That's our destiny, is it
whose apple-stand had been not? To be so much like Jesus
overturned. that people cannot tell the
difference as we live and interact
He told his buddies to go on with a world that is blind to His
without him, waved goodbye, told love, life and grace.
one of them to call his wife when
they arrived at their home desti- If we claim to know Him, we
nation and explain his taking a should live, walk and act as He
later flight. Then he returned to would. Knowing Him is more than
the terminal where the apples simply quoting Scripture and
were scattered all over the going to church. It's actually
terminal floor. He was glad he did! living the Word as life unfolds day
to day.
The 16 year old girl was totally WE ARE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
blind! She was softly crying, tears EVEN THOUGH WE, TOO, HAVE
running down her cheeks in BEEN BRUISED BY A FALL. HE
frustration, and at the same time STOPPED WHAT HE WAS DOING
helplessly groping for her spilled AND PICKED YOU AND ME UP
produce as the crowd swirled ON A HILL CALLED CALVARY
about her, no one stopping and no AND PAID IN FULL FOR OUR
one to care for her plight. DAMAGED FRUIT!

The salesman knelt on the floor
with her, gathered up the apples,
put them back on the table and
helped organize her display. As he
did this, he noticed that many of
them had become battered and
bruised. These he set aside in
another basket.

When he had finished, he pulled