GLOW Testimonies
GLOW Oil Change
During my morning worship I frequently pray that the Lord will lead me that day to someone that doesn't know Christ or who needs encouragement. That morning I planned to go get an oil change and I prayed for the Lord to use me somehow to witness for Him. On the way to the shop I was reading through the Signs/Glow literature that I kept in my car. I recently purchased an assortment of tracts from GLOW and I hadn't read through them yet (so yes I was reading and driving at the same time)... I intended to take some into the shop with me and pass out at least one while I waited.
Once I arrived I got out of the car and went into the waiting area. Then it dawned on me that I forgot the literature in one of the open compartments in my car. I was disappointed, especially since one of the mechanics in the waiting area seemed to have an attitude that day. Finally my car was finished and I went out into the service area to pay for the oil change. As I waited for my receipt, the young man who had been working on my vehicle turned around and held up one of the tracts he found in my car about the Second Coming of Jesus. He asked "can I have this?" I calmly said "yeah, no problem", but inside I was shocked, awed, and overjoyed!
As we finished up the transaction I was impressed just to simply say "God bless you". I drove off and prayed that I would see him in heaven one day and that God would allow that piece of literature to be a means that He could use to change that young man's life. I thought about how disappointed I was that I missed a possible Divine Appointment and yet Jesus was using my car and not me to win another soul to the Kingdom. The literature that I forgot in the car ended up right where God wanted them to be. To me this was just another testament to the greatness of God and the cooperation He gives us when we make ourselves available to be used. And the Lord gets all the glory.
David
"When I went to Texas, I took along a good-sized packet of GLOW tracts with me. Within the first couple of days there, I told my daughter and grandchildren some of the stories I'd heard here in Central. Sierra, 7, and Brady, about to turn 6, got all excited and wanted to start glowing people wherever they went. One of their first glowing experiences was during the homeschoolers' day at the Fort Worth zoo. We were hardly into the zoo when both of them started 'planting' GLOW tracts here and there. Later we met up with a friend (with whom I'd also shared GLOW) and her two boys about the same ages, and found them glowing the zoo, too.
After Brady had struggled to put one into the dollar-bill slot in a drink vending machine, I whispered to him that maybe he could also try putting them into where the drink actually comes out down below. He thought that was a great idea. Several hours later, the children saw a young boy go open a vending machine drink-drop area, and he pulled out a GLOW tract. He took it to his mother. At first she told him to go put it back. Then, on second thought, she tucked it into her pocket, saying, 'No, I'm going to take it home and read it.'
A few days ago, a bank appraiser was coming to my daughter's house to conduct an appraisal on the small apartment in the newly-built shed. Seven-year-old Sierra saw his visit as a golden opportunity for Glowing. She watched the man intently, following along behind him. As she watched, she saw that his pocket sometimes hung open a bit -- and sometimes it opened quite a lot. She continued trailing him until she saw the pocket open quite wide, then she slipped up close enough to tuck a GLOW tract into the pocket. Later she was bursting with excitement as she told me, 'I Glowed the bank man!'" Keep glowing for God!
Mernie