From Claudette Litz, leader: Each Saturday as I am witnessing at the LTW table, God gives me a song in my heart. Over and over today, these lyrics were on my mind: “Do you know my Jesus? Do you know my friend? Have you heard He loves you and that He will abide to the end?” So, that became my question for the day. “Do you know Jesus?” There was a steady flow of people coming to the table from 9 AM – 2:30 PM., and knowing Jesus was the theme for conversations with believers and non-believers.
Although everyone but two young people professed to know Him, I did get to briefly give the plan of salvation twice. A boy, around the age of twelve, said he knew Jesus, because He had spared his mother’s life in an accident on their farm. I explained to him that God had shown His love to him in this way, but he needed a personal relationship with Him. Our conversation was cut short because his traveling companions had to leave, but I think he understood some of what I was saying. I gave him a Bible and two tracts: “Where Do I Go From Here?” and “Steps to Peace With God.” Later, a group of teenagers came to the table. They all said they knew Jesus except for one girl. She did not know how to answer my question. I told the whole group the plan of salvation, and she listened. She expressed eagerness to know for sure she was going to heaven when she died. I gave her sermons by Hollie Miller and Tommy Fox; a Bible, and several tracts. Her favorite tract was “Where Do We Go From Here?” It was very sweet to see teenagers excited about the good news of Jesus regarding their eternal life.
A little girl’s words to her father have a special place in my heart. When he called to her and asked her what she was doing while talking to me, she said, “I’m just talking about Jesus, Daddy!” How wonderful! No parent could ask for words more precious.
Several adults took cards to use in witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons. Some had children who were unsaved and took sermons and materials for them. Linda Harvey’s book, Not My Child, continues to be very popular among Christian parents seeking to keep their children in God’s will as opposed to the pagan, New Age culture so popular in today’s society.
Dr. Randy Carlson’s DVDs about creating a godly marriage were very much appreciated today. A pastor who counsels married couples was thankful to take one, expressing that it would be used by several people in his church. One couple was on a get-a-way weekend to improve their marriage and felt God had given the DVD to them to watch together on their trip.
As I was folding up the table to prepare for leaving, a man came over and said he and his wife had been listening to me talk with people. They wondered if anyone had been offended by the work I was doing. As he helped me carry materials to my car, I told him that during this season I had only one lady who left the table quickly when I told her the materials were all about Jesus. She said she wanted to go in the opposite direction as fast as she could. Then, I added that it would be an honor for me to be rejected because of serving Jesus. This is His work, and I am very thankful for this opportunity, humble as it is, to take a stand for Him. I shared the following scripture because it is one of my favorites: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
