Romans 10:13 (ESV)
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved.”
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his
beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good
conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they
eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't
believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to
realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many
sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be
neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine loving a God who would allow all of
these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond
because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and
the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in
the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked
dirty and un-kept. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again
and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised
barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers
don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair
and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people
do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's
the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens is, people don't go to Him."
Dear Lord, we pray that the eyes of those that don’t
believe will be opened. Help us be the one that shares Your love with them
today. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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