Love A Stranger

Was having dinner with a friend yesterday and this couple came with their 1+ year old big-eyed handsome boy. Every stranger looks more adorable when they come with a cute little bundle of joy. And so I commented that he's so cute, he is a blessing etc. I can see that they were very happy that we bothered to talk to them about their joy!

I must say it's God who made me bolder in talking to complete strangers, though of course it is still a great struggle when it comes to certain strangers who will ask me 1001 personal questions just to satisfy their curiosity. I'm sure God will prepare and teach me on how to turn all those questions into meaningful discussion for His purpose.

Suddenly the idea called 'Stranger Ministry' came into my mind. Each of us is in it every day. If each of us reaches out to 1 stranger a day, guess what? A caring society is formed! Who knows, a life can be saved! It is not uncommon to see people crying in public and I did too. Someone passed me a pack of tissue paper. But now it's different for me. I have Jesus who put my tears in His bottle, who will wipe my tears away. Every face on the street cries out to be known, to be cared for, to be valued as His precious one. We should even think of our family members as strangers cos truly, we can easily take them for granted. We can put unrealistic expectations on them such that we despair cos we are too deep into subjectivity.

Just as I challenge you, I challenge myself. Eye one stranger a day takes the 'I' in me away!
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Strong's Number G3581-xenos occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV

Matthew 25:35,38,43,44,27:7
Acts 17:18,21
Romans 16:23
Ephesians 2:12,19
Hebrews 11:13, 13:9
1 Peter 4:12
3 John 1:5