In Hawaii I floated on the
surface with my little snorkel and watched divers swim deeper than I could see.
According to Wikepedia,
“Divers wear weighting systems…generally made of lead, to counteract the
buoyancy of other diving equipment, such as diving suits and aluminum diving
cylinders.” Without lead weights a diver
never gets below the surface.
I watched Jesus put on a
conversational weight belt.
“When a Samaritan woman
came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’
“The Samaritan woman asked
him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman.
How can you ask me for a drink?’
(For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
“Jesus answered her, ‘If
you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would
have asked him and he would have given you living water.’” (John 4:7-10)
From a request for a drink
to talking about God. Surface talk to
deep waters in 60 seconds. Wow.
What if….
What if I could do that in
every conversation with someone new?
Snorkel talk and then with one weighty sentence going spiritually deep.
How do you dive a
conversation from banter to talking about God with one sentence?
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