Wonderful Day @ DMFM

The Lord really gave us a wonderful day today!

Mary and I headed down to the Des Moines Farmers Market and hit the street around 10:30 AM. We started on 4th and Court in front of Bail Bonds. As next week finds us celebrating our nations Independence Day, I started off on the soapbox reading Patrick Henry's address to the delegates of the Second Virginia Convention, on March 23, 1775, St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia - his famous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech. I transitioned to John chapter 8 where Jesus spoke to His people (and to us) about bondage and enslavement to sin, and the freedom available only in the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Boy was it hot! Oh, and I learned that once you're dripping with sweat, its next to impossible to put sunscreen on.

We moved down to 2^nd Ave and Court, and set up the box on the north-east corner. I spoke on “Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People”, and “The Problem of Evil”, thanks to some good framework borrowed from Mark Spence and the Living Waters Apologetics video clips ( http://www.LivingWaters.com/). We had a lot of encouragement: Kevin K., a co-worker from Lennox stopped by with a cold bottle of water and a smile; another lady came up just brimming with enthusiasm and encouragement, letting me know she prays for me - WOW! Another couple stopped with a handshake & some good words, and then we had a good group of young folks stop to listen. They came up close and let me know they were believers. So we talked briefly, and I asked them to reach out to the lost around them with the gospel, and gave them a little exhortation to put some urgency in it.

Kelsey, Coleen, and Mary at 2nd & Court
Downtown Des Moines Farmers Market
6/30/12

A little later on, these two young ladies from the group came back, Kelsey and Coleen, and expressed thanks that I wasn’t preaching open-air like some others they'd encountered, who they thought just kind of beat people up with the Bible and their words. We had a real good conversation, they stepped over to the bench where Mary was sitting and introduced themselves, and we had some good fellowship around the things of the Lord. They are working at a Bible camp down in Indianola, and came up to Des Moines for a little R & R. I really thank the Lord for the people He puts in our lives. It was refreshing to talk with these ladies. God bless them. As His word says,

"A word spoken in due season, how good it is." Proverbs 15:23

Click HERE for "The Problem of Evil."