Have you ever done something big and not known it?
Published Sunday, September 25, 2005 by Paul Clifford | E-mail this post

Fall 2003, I shoot a "Man on the Street" video. During the shoot we talk to a college student who says, "I'm a witch; you wouldn't want to talk to me." We did. I don't remember the queston; I think we didn't get any footage we used there. We just talked to him for a few minutes about nothing too big. Last Friday, I talked to a friend of mine who said, "Where can I get archive footage of an 'old man on the street' video?" I asked her why. She told me this story: "I was going through some old emails from my fiancee. It was just too hard to keep them. I came across one where he mentioned some guys from some church with a camera came up to him on campus and talked to him. He said, 'I'm a witch', but they wanted to talk to him anyway. "I couldn't believe it; I had to call his mom. She said that this incident led him to start asking the questions that led him to give his live to Christ. "'What', I said. 'I never knew that.' She said that for his birthday, on December 19, he asked that his brother investigate this stuff, too. His brother, another witch, did and decided that this Jesus stuff was for him, too. "Right before Christmas, he and I had a fight. He was saying, 'What if one of us dies? Who will we hold onto?" I thought he was cheating on me. I slammed the car door. That was the last time I talked to him. He and his brother were killed the next day. "I asked his mom if she remembered the name of this church. 'Something weird. Query or Question.' 'Quest?' I responded. 'Yeah, that's it. I went there one time after he died. You'd like it. Lot's of young people; kinda like a concert.' "Do you realize that I'm a member of the tech team at that church?" As she finished, I realized that I was a part of someone coming home, right before he died. I had done God's will and hadn't realized it. The Lord, God of the Universe used my friend Dave and I in a huge, eternity changing way, right before two young men died. I wept. Why do I get to do this? I'm humbled and amazed. Occasionally, you get a glimpse of the power of God. Wow. Paul

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Great story Paul. Thanks for sharing. It just shows how important it is to be faithful and you don't understand sometimes. :)