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0:00 Check this out. >> Spiked. His hair is orange, tattoos all over. And you know what he did? He started visiting [music] churches. And he walks in and they said, "Oh, sir, you must be lost. Can we help you with directions [music] somewhere?" And he wanted to say, "Yeah, I am lost. Can I find Jesus here?" That's what he wanted to say. But his fallback position was, "Uh, can you tell me where the closest Walmart is?" "Oh, yeah, no problem." And they're very nice. They took him outside. Well, you just go down here and you turn here. Hope you have a great day, good Sabbath. But eventually, he ended up at a little non-script church parking lot. Just a few cars, not a lot going on. Comes through the door. Two little old lady greeters are there and they look at him. They say, "Young man, your hair is on fire.
0:36 Now, young man, you go in there, get some spiritual food. That's what you need to do. And when you come out, we're going to take you downstairs. We're going to give you some physical food. [music] You're going to love it." Message was given. The worship experience. He comes out. They hunted him down. Young man, come with us. And they took him downstairs and they started feeding him like a king. Put him at a table. There's one young adult there, young lady there. And they went over and whispered to her, "Can you go over and just say hi to him?" She says, "He scares me. I'm not going over there.
0:57 He's ready to head out. As he's going up the steps, the two little ladies come over. Okay, now what's your favorite pie? I don't know. I like blueberry pie. And of [music] course, apple pie is pretty good. I mean, so he went through a list. He says, and then he settled. I think I like apple pie. [music] Next week, you come back here. You know why? Because she's going to cook a pie, and I'm going to cook a pie. And you're going to tell us who has the best pie.
1:16 In the meantime, that week, he take the fake tattoos off. He cleaned up his hair. He had it regular hair going. He comes through the door and they look at him, same greeters, says, "Young man, what happened to your hair?" He said, "Yeah, I cleaned it up and everything." And they looked at him [music] and says, "We liked you the way you were, but we'll take you as you are." Yeah. I want to tear up when I hear that, you know, because they get it. Take people as they are. You know, we can encourage them where they need to go. Let's just let's just let's start there.
Summary
- The young man initially feels lost and out of place in traditional church settings.
- He eventually finds a welcoming environment at a small non-script church.
- The greeters warmly encourage him to seek spiritual nourishment and offer physical food.
- He engages with the community, particularly through a friendly pie-baking competition.
- The church members express acceptance of him as he is, emphasizing the importance of embracing individuals without judgment.
- The story highlights the power of kindness and community in fostering personal transformation.