After tennis practice today I went to the local bike path to run. This was the first time I ran there for a really long time. I stretched in the pavilion by the parking area. While there, a kid rode up at the same time I came approximately. He got a drink from the fountain and we both were silent, him standing by his bike, me stretching. Then he said “It’s really nice outside today.” So I said “Yeah, its finally warm. The conversation continued about where we both lived. And other things. So we got to talking about our churches and he asked if I believed in God. When I replied “Yes.” He asked if I believed in heaven. I said yes again. So he asked what I thought we had to do to get there. I replied we had to accept God’s grace and that Jesus died for us. I said that there is no way we can get there on our own. So he said “Exactly.” Then he quoted Ephesians 2:8
“For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.”
So I said it was cool to find someone else my age who actually cared about God.
This incredible conversation was with some kid I never met and will never see again probably. He was from a different town. But he restored my faith in teen christians. I always wish at school that people would stop swearing, doing bad things, and more would be religious. This kid showed me that there are Christians my age out there. Thank you very sincerely Bo.
