Tuesday, March 6, 2001
Tuesday, March 6, 2001
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
Then the telephone rang, he picked it up, and on the other end of the phone was his pastor, John
Ripley. When they came to the close of the call Bob says that his pastor asked him, "Are you
ready for the surgery?" At first Bob thought it was a foolish question. He assured his pastor that
the doctors were ready. Then Bob said that his pastor asked him, "But are you ready, Bob?"
When Bob asked his pastor what he meant by that question, they were soon in a very deep
conversation about what it would be like to meet God after death. Then Bob asked his pastor to
help him to get ready. His pastor, Rev. Ripley, asked him to open his Bible to John 3:16. Then
his pastor asked him to read the verse. They discussed the meaning of the verse and his pastor
asked him to read the verse and put his name in the place of the words "world" and "whosoever."
Bob reports that when he said, "For God so loved Bob Mayfield that He gave his only begotten
Son, that if Bob Mayfield would believe in Him, Bob Mayfield would not perish but have
everlasting life," at that moment, Jesus Christ, changed his life. And the change was real so real
that teenagers called him the man they knew who was most like Christ.
(John 3:16
NRSV)
A man named Bob Mayfield was named by a youth group in his church as the one person they
knew who is most like Jesus. He confessed that he had not always had control of himself. He had
been a draftsman. He loved his work. But he had trouble getting along with his fellow workers.
His dislike of others was so intense that Bob claimed that it caused a tumor to grow in his brain.
While he was in the hospital facing brain surgery, he was very scared.
God of peace, change my life with Christ today and forever. Amen.
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