Saturday, October 25, 2014

Hanging In the Shadow

Victor, Colorado

This tow truck looks much like the tow trucks in the children's book, How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow?, though its paint job isn't as shiny as those in the story. As I walked around this truck and took more pictures I noticed that it was still an operating tow truck. I have a feeling that when it's hauling a car to the shop people take notice.

It's waiting in the shadows until called to duty.

"Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching." 2 Timothy 4:2 New Living Translation

Paul writes to his friend and pastor, Timothy, to be ready to act. Though most of us reading this blog are not pastors, Paul's encouragement applies to us. We are to be ready at all times to use our spiritual gifts to declare Jesus Christ crucified and risen.

We are to be ready even when it's inconvenient to share Christ. The weather around Victor can get nasty. Tow truck operators are busiest when it's the most difficult to do their job. So it is with sharing Christ.

When called upon to share Christ we can stay in the shadows and act like we don't know what's happening or we can do what we're tooled to do; share Christ.

The chipped paint and the dents on this tow truck are the result of being used, but if you look close, there's a smile on its face.

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