Ed.

Today I went on arguably my best run ever. I went through Tyson Park on Knoxville's beautiful greenways. I took the path towards Bearden today, a path I've never done before. As usual I listened to my "Jesus Muzik" playlist... it has all my Christian rap to get me pumped with the Spirit.

As I reached a fork in the paths I took a breather for some reason. Seriously, I usually don't stop when I run. Promise. But today I did. As Lecrae's song "Send Me" (one of my absolute faves) came on, I started thinking. Do I really tell God that I'll go? I was singing the song to my self, kinda praying and telling God YES. I'll go! So here I am telling God that I'll spread the Gospel and this homeless looking man on a bike rides to where I am, stops, and sits down. Umm... God telling me to do something? YES.

Not gonna lie, this old homeless guy looked a little scary. He was smoking something; I'm just going to hope it was a cigarette. I'm also out in the woods where nobody else is around. But God was seriously pushing me to talk to this guy so I did. We talked casually about the weather, what I was studying in school, and what I wanted to do with my life. Suddenly this guy starts telling me about some mean things he said to a friend yesterday. He told me he felt so bad that he called out of work today to find his friend and tell him he was sorry. So I told him I knew how he felt. I've messed up a lot too, but there's always forgiveness from God. I didn't get to share the entire Gospel with Ed... He was more of a talker than a listener. But before I left I asked him if I could pray for him. He was more than happy to have me pray with him. So we held hands, I said a prayer, told him I would be praying for him, and continued on my way. I'll probably never see Ed again but the simple words I said to him clearly meant a lot to him. As I continued running I pressed play on my Ipod and the words came back on:

Send me! I'll go! Let me go! Let me go!


Isaiah 6:8-10