A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago . They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner.
In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly-missed boarding.
ALL BUT ONE!!! He paused, took a deep breath , got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.
He was glad he did. The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her; no one stopping and no one to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, 'Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?' She nodded through her tears.. He continued on with, 'I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly.'
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, 'Mister.....' He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, 'Are you Jesus?'
He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: 'Are you Jesus?'
Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
你是耶稣吗？
在不久前，一班商人到芝加哥开会，他们都向自己的太太说，一定可以赶及在星期五回家吃晚饭。当他们在机场赶着上机的时候，其中一位不慎踢倒一台正在摆卖的萍果，散满全地。他们并没有停下来，甚至未有回头望，因为飞机快要起飞了，他们不想错过登机时间。
突然，其中一位停了下来，一口深呼吸，聆听一下自己的内心呼唤，也尝试切身处地想一下那位女孩被人倒翻了所有苹果的感受。他决定留下，便与他的同事道别，并叫他们向太太解释，然后回去看看那位女孩。
他庆幸自己的决定是对的，因为那位十六岁的女孩原来是失明的！她正在一边哭泣，一边慌忙地执拾那些散在地上的苹果，途人都绕身而过，无人停下来，也无人关心她的处境。那位商人便蹲下来帮她拾起所有苹果，放回篮里，并为她摆好摊档。他发现很多苹果已经被弄到伤痕累累，便把所有弄坏了的苹果放在一旁，然后从口袋里拿出二十元给女孩：「这是赔偿那些弄坏了的苹果的，你没事吧？」女孩在泪光中点点头。
那位商人继续说：「希望我们没有令你太伤心。」当商人转身要离开时，女孩叫着他：「先生....」他便停下来，回头望着那双失明的眼睛。女孩继续说：「你是耶稣吗？」他犹豫了一回，便慢慢离开，赶搭下一班机，心里仍被这个问题困扰：「你是耶稣吗？」
有没有人误会你是耶稣？ 这就是我们的使命，不是吗？活得像耶稣，好使人认不出我们与耶稣的分别来，去影响那些看不见衪的大爱、生命和恩典的人。认识衪不只是熟稔经文和上教会那么简单，让我们活出与赎价相称的生命，神会在我们的努力中帮助我们的。
unfortunately, there are so many who say they believe in Jesus and run to church all the time (for social interacting), but don't behave *Christian* at all.
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