Source: Mission Network News, March 14, 2016
The bell on the front door of Olie’s bookshop chimed and a man entered out of the hot Pakistani sun. Something about the look in his eyes immediately made the store owner nervous. In a single sweeping gesture, the man threw open his jacket revealing a bomb strapped to his chest. “I’m here to take your life for your belief in Jesus and selling books that lead others to follow him.”
Frozen at the sight of the bomb, Olie could think of only one reply. He asked the bomber to read a framed Scripture passage from 1 Corinthians hanging on the wall.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.”
After reading the passage, the bomber quietly stepped back, closed his jacket, and hurried out of the shop.
That would not be the last time Olie encountered the would-be bomber. A few days later, he returned. This time he told Olie that he had met Jesus the day he came to destroy the store and asked for a copy of the Bible. He said he wanted to become a Christian, but needed help to escape from those who had sent him to destroy the store only days before.
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