What Is Wrong with Joe?

Joe was a different kind of guy, I guess I'd call him an oddball. His personality was annoying and clueless of social skills, yet every believer on the ship tried to help him become a strong Christian and every believer eventually gave up trying.

Before we all gave up on Joe, several of us with Joe had finished a meal at a restaraunt and were on our way out. Joe went up to the hostess and with all seriousness said, "Jesus is coming back tomorrow!" I cringed inside. I would like to say I couldn't believe what he just did, but that would not be true. I could believe that Joe would say something like that, he was weird. As embarrased as I was, I noticed something I did not expect - the hostess was not only surprised, she was genuinely concerned.

So I turned to her and told her, "He's not coming tomorrow, but if he did, would you be ready?" She said, "No." I couldn't pray for her (that would be real tacky in the middle of her work), so I told her how to turn her life around for Christ and we left.

Within time we all gave up on Joe, but God didn't as you will see in the next blog.