AMEN?
There's nothing like a trip downtown on the subway in Philly right? You never know what or whom you will encounter. Well on Monday Jessica and I were going downtown to a class and there was a lady on the subway preaching the Word of the Bible. She was not only preaching it but she was yelling it over the sounds of the subway.(So we can all imagine how loud she was). It was an awkward feeling as me and Jessica sat down on the subway. I scanned the faces of the people sitting and standing on the sub. There were looks of utter disgust, they were some smirks, there were people that completely ignored the lady, and there were a few people actually listening intently. For the most part, everyone kept their own individual thoughts to themselves. The people that were talking kept their conversations quiet as if they didn't want to be rude in church lol. But seriously speaking, no one was blatantly rude. I'm sure there were people of many different religions on that sub, but no one objected to anything she was saying or seemed to get angry. The fact that it was 8:00 on a Monday morning could have had something to do with this as well, but let's not get too technical. This is the great thing about America. We are free to practice whatever religion we want and talk freely about it in public. I have to admit, when I first sat down, my first thought was Oh goodness someone please 302 this lady. (For those of you who don't know, that means send her to the looney bin). But after listening to her for a little while I found myself caught up into the things she was saying. I have to say I admire her strategy. What better way to get people to listen to you than to preach on a public transportation vehicle. I mean we are underground where most cell phones are out of service. There were the select few that turned their IPods all the way up, but this woman was pretty loud. I guess my point is that America is really a great country to live in.
Tell me what you think
~Lana~
1 comment:
Frankly, I believe that what we all experience in our everyday lives some may call weird but others may call that woman in the subway a blessing in life. The most fascinating thing about the word of GOD is that it reaches beyond the senses. That woman obviously touch someone there with the word. I don't know what gospel she was preaching from, but I'm sure she made someone go home that evening and think about what she was saying. Who knows, that word could have been for someone specific at that time on the train. Whatever the case was that morning, the most important thing is how YOU viewed that lady. Love,
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