2008/08/11
When I had a colporteur booth in San Francisco, with childrens books, and Bibles, health books, etc., a very angry man came up to my booth. He was wearing biker leathers, he had plenty of tattoos, and several body piercings with various hardware.
He told me "I'm homosexual, and I want you to know that God is not .... And God is not....." And on and on he went, very angrily proclaiming to me all the things that he thought on that topic. I listened quietly, inclining forward to him, nodding, and agreeing as empathetically as I could without putting in a word edgewise. Finally the man started calming down.
When I had a chance to speak, I told him very honestly, "You know, you did such a wonderful job describing all the things God is not, that I can't disagree with you. In fact, your list was so thorough, that what was left out of your list, you know what's left over, it's pretty close to describing who God actually is." I think he was quite stunned. The rest of the conversation he was much less angry and animated. I'm sure he was expecting to enjoy a great argument. But I had none with him...
There is a Bible verse dear to colporteurs, "Matt 10:16 Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
