An Awesome Christmas Gift

The coolest thing happened this morning. We got a phone call and the caller id said "Wichita Falls" well, I answered the phone and this person wished us a Merry Christmas and insisted that I guess who he was. After talking a few minutes more, I recognized the voice as one of the policemen that we were buddies with in WF. Jerry was Chaplain Commander of the WFPD when we lived there and we would often have several of them stop by for dinner or to visit and Jerry rode with them on patrol on a regular basis.
One of the officers on the phone proceeded to tell us that one of the reasons for their call that day was that he had asked Jesus into his heart! WHOOP! He called to tell us because he is getting ready to share his testimony this next week at church for baptism and that Jerry was a huge part of that story. God had used him to develop a relationship with this man that was bitter at God to open his heart several years ago, as Jerry was his friend and loved him and invested in the friendship even though this man wasn't ready to accept Christ at that point.

What a blessing that phone call was! God allowed us to see how he had used us in Steve's life. God doesn't always work that way. Often he just calls us to live what we believe and love no matter what, but sometimes we don't get to see the fruit of that labor, but we must keep on loving even when we can't see!
Thank you, Jesus (and Steve) for the best Christmas gift of the season!