Especially Moving

Well this post is a little different since its simply an account of a conversation I had with a man that lives here at the church.

I was walking around this church where im staying at in Sri Lanka and this man wanted to talk to me, so I was like alright. He started telling me about his life and how he was born Hindu and worshiped many gods in his life, but it didn't matter what God he prayed to he always felt (the way he described it was almost bare and always burdonsome) you know like incomplete always struggling to live and make do with what he had. Anyways, he said he accepted Christ and inside felt whole and that ever since he has had a joy he cannot explain. He remarked that u know sometimes "no food no eat its ok I sing and praise Jesus Christ for he has saved me" Quite amazing I was practically in tears by this point. By the way this man was diognosed with polio and can barely walk. His feet looked clubed as his ankles seem to be disattached but not. I have never met a more cheerful an joyous person in my whole life. Thinking back to my own life when I complain about friend problems and family issues and ocasionally money problems, I wanted to slap myself for at times growing angry and not understanding God when he only makes us suffer to pull us closer to him.