You Had Me at Hello

Chapter 2 The Testimony

After grabbing his coffee up at the counter, he walks back to our table and sits down again before continuing to explain.

"So... I moved around a lot, got into bad crowds, you know, underage smoking, drinking, all that... stuff. One of my friends saw and brought me to church, and then it all just... clicked, you know?"

"Yeah... Yeah. Thanks for sharing," I say back.

"Yeah. So... your testimony?" he asks me politely.

"Oh, pretty similar actually. Also moved around quite a bit, and fell in with bad crowds, and then one day I joined a Bible group through a friend," I explain.

"Oh, nice. Well the Bible group part," he says back.

"Yeah," I nod and smile.

"Let's keep reading?" he suggests

"Yeah," I nod and smile again.

Colossians 2:13-15

~ 13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15 In this way, he disarmed[d] the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross. ~ Colossians 2:13-15 NLT

Wow," he says.

"Powerful right?" I reply.

"Yeah, you can say that again. It truly amazes me every time I hear about His victory!" he says, explaining more.

"Me too!" I agree. "And what He did for us so that we could be free."

"Yeah, it really is truly amazing." he agrees.

He looks down for a moment before looking back up.

"Hey," he says a bit nervously.

"Yeah?" I ask.

"If you don't already have plans, would you want to come with me to church on Sunday?" he asks me.

"Sure, I'd love to!" I reply excitedly.

"Okay let me save your number?" he asks as he takes his phone out of his pocket.

"Okay, it's ***-***-****" I tell him.

"Okay, awesome! I'm gonna get going, but I'll see you on Sunday then." he says as he stands up to leave.

He stands in front of me and smiles awaiting my response before walking to the door.

"Looking forward to it." I smile back.

He nods before finally walking to the door and outside.

Well, that was certainly unexpected, to say the least. "Stranger" has a name, love for the Bible, and such a kind heart too! He could be interesting...