Stirring Green Water

I have always considered myself to be shy and socially awkward even though I enjoy being with people. But on this day, as I watched the lifeless, staggered steps of a familiar stranger walk by as if futility was his only hope, God completely crushed my heart. I immediately knew what He wanted me to do.

Shy, awkward, and all, somehow I needed to barge my way into the life of this elderly Einstein-like stranger and share the love and hope of Jesus with him. God wanted to breathe life back into...