Story - Acceptance in Jesus

Claude is a man in his late 40's. His wife had come to faith a few months ago after spending hours at the kitchen table, talking, questioning and praying with one of our friends. Claude's wife is not pretty, in fact it is difficult to describe her features in a politically correct fashion. What spoke to her was the love and the acceptance she was offered by those who love Jesus. She actually said, "How can a woman with a face like mine, ever hope to be employed, accepted or loved?" But she found such love among the people of God.

Her husband had to come to the capital on business for a few days and was amazed that someone he had never met, a foreigner (an infidel), would not only allow him to stay at this house while he was absent, but that this household had a holy book out on display. When he returned home, the car in which he and his companions were travelling, broke down in a city en route. Who gave them food and shelter? The elders of the local small fellowship. He wanted to receive that kind of love, acceptance and deep fellowship too. So now he too has received Jesus as Lord and a strange beauty shines out of his wife's weathered face.