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He ran to me and actually knelt before me. "Madam, Madam," he said, "I didn't think I
would ever see you again, first, to ask you to forgive me for the names I called you, and secondly,
to tell you, Madam, I have fallen off my horse. So have my wife and children. O I am glad that I
have seen you again to tell you this. I must hurry now. The men are waiting for me. But I never
thought I would see you again to tell you."
Thank God for the precious Word. It found root in the heart of Saul and brought forth
fourfold!
One morning I was on my own and decided to walk over to the Old City. On a former visit,
I had lived in the Old City, about three blocks from Herod's Gate, but not behind the walls of the
Old City. It was that section of the city which belonged to the Arabs before 1967. This morning I
thought I would see what the Lord had in store for me that day. I took my Bible. I entered the
Damascus Gate and walked down the narrow corridor-like streets. Every few feet there was
another step down. It seemed as though I was going right into the bowels of the earth. I kept
looking at different stores, observing persons, and waiting on the Holy Spirit to stop me and tell
me when I was to witness to someone.
As I passed one store, I noticed that the shelves looked unusually bare. Toward the back of
the store a young man was motioning for me to come in. I shook my head, indicating that I did not
want to go in.
Now he called, "Come in, lady. You no buy. Come in."
I shook my head. I was afraid that after I got in there he would talk me into buying.
"Lady," he urged, "I see Bible. Do come. Please."
With that, I knew it was from the Lord, so I went in.
He pulled out a little stool for me made out of bamboo. He had one for himself. He was a
pleasant young fellow. "Lady," he began, "I see your Bible. Are you a Christian?"
"Yes, I am. Are you?"
"No, I'm a Moslem."
"O I'm a Jew." I thought I had better get that cleared up right away.
"Lady," he said, "do you have much afraid of that Jesus on the cross?"
"No, I don't have much afraid. Do you have much afraid?"
"Yes," he said. And he shuddered. "Yes, I have much afraid when I see that Jesus on the
cross. Why you no much afraid?"