Just Walk Across the Room, Bill Hybels

I got a call from a friend recently who was ecstatic because she had ‘Just Walk Across the Room’ moment while sitting in a taxi on her way home from the city.  I had just lent her the book by Hybels earlier in that week, and by reading the stories in the book she began to become more and more aware of the occasions to share something of her faith and life with strangers, friends and acquaintances.

This book had a similar effect on me. The more I read it the more I was aware the Spirit’s prompting where I could reach out to people with the love of Christ, whether by a friendly smile, offering to help a drunk guy get a cab, starting a conversation or having a chit chat with someone at the bus stop.

Hybels shares loads of everyday moments where people have just walked across the room. These stories really excite you in your own personal evangelism. Hybels believes that all people yearn to experience God’s love whether they know it or not and we should want to be an agent of that love and seek out ways to share it. He challenges his readers to take an interest in people, share your story with them, and be willing to be surprised at just how joyfully rewarding it is.

In the words of my friend “I just had to call you and tell someone about how amazing God is to give me an opening in conversation with the taxi driver”. It sounds strange but my friend was so excited that she had just stepped out of her own “comfort circle” and was experiencing the thrill of living generously by having a conversation with a stranger.