Now that's Evangelization!

It 's been  many years now since the story first surfaced and went viral.  A 92-year-old woman, Pauline Jacobi,  witnessed  God's saving grace to a man who intended to rob her and then proceeded to  talk him out of his would be plans.   Now that's evangelization! Somehow I missed the story when it first happened  and have just recently stumbled upon her great example of evangelization.  A story so inspiring that, thanks to our modern media,  the video continues to circulate today.

When, watching the video of her story  below the first thing I noticed was the Bible verse  she was quoting.  So I did a  quick internet search  and found it

"My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land". 2 Chronicles 7:14 NAB 

A fitting verse for the predicament that Ms. Jacobi found herself in.   After watching the video for the third and fourth time,   I kept finding myself pulled back into the story.  I did some checking.   I found   Ms. Jacobi made it to heaven  in 2011.   I couldn't find anything about the man who perpetrated the almost robbery.  Yet, I still couldn't let the story go.   I kept feeling drawn back to the Bible verse

So I  went back and opened the Bible and read  the passage  in its entirety. 

"Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.  For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually " 2 Chronicles 7:15-16

Aha!    I needed to see those words, for they were the  inspiration that  I needed  to finally move forward and publish this blog.  I had been postponing the publication of this blog for months now, worrying about whether I was using the best platform, whether I had the logo just perfect and  about  whether I had anything of value to add to the blogging world.

Prayer is all around us.   Countless prayers  and testaments of faith are offered  in the vastness of this digital land.    He has chosen and consecrated this house, this (not so) new world of the web, that his name may be there forever.  With open  eyes and ears, we will encounter unending  opportunities  to witness to all  in this digital land. 

Thank you,  Ms. Jacobi for  letting God use you that day and for all the days yet to come as your story lives on in the vastness of the web.  After all,  to paraphrase you a bit, Jesus is in this digital world with us and goes everywhere we go. 

And so there go I...

Cyndi

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"Jesus is in this car and goes with me everywhere I go." 

Pauline Jacobi

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