Uber Driver

​Today I flew to Atlanta for a work trip and of course my hotel is about 45 min from the Airport. So, I decided to take an Uber today instead of Marta. Usually I take Marta, so I can get some computer work done because on the Marta no one really talks to you. However, today was different for me because I was able to catch up on all my work before I boarded the plane. So, I was waiting on my Uber and he pulled up, so I threw my luggage in and jumped in the front seat. It wasn’t long before he asked, “so what brings you to town?” Usually I go into why I’m here but let’s be honest they don’t really care.  So, I turned the question back around on him and asked him why he was in Atlanta? I could tell he was not from the area and plus we have a 45 min ride if not longer to spend together. He shared with me that his parents moved over here about 12 years ago when he was 16, they were from Honduras. His parents came to the States because they wanted him and his sister to have a better way of living.  He was finishing up at school at Georgia Tech as an Engineer and his sister going there as well. After listening to his story, he said can I ask you a question and then proceed to ask if I knew who Jesus was? It kinda caught me off guard because you usually don’t hear an Uber driver ask you that question. I said yes, I do know Jesus and he is my father. Here is where it took a wild turn and fun ride. He asked me to explain to him how you can have a relationship with someone you never met? I said we going to need a longer ride than 45 minutes lol. However, I went on to explain to him who Christ was to me and how I have a relationship with him and what Christ has done for me and for him.  He had some other questions, so we talked some more. Then he got really quiet and then asked me this question that threw chills up my arms and down my back. He said that he tried to learn more about Christ but the churches he went made him feel judged because he was not like them! I had to stop him and ask what do you mean not like them? He said they all seem so perfect and have no troubles in their life. At this time, I could not stop and I laughed and he looked at me. I said I’m so sorry I was not laughing at you at all. I shared with him I promise you none of those people are perfect at all.
 
I was able to share with him my own story and where I was at one time and I’m far from perfect and Christ and I have a relationship.  About this time, we were coming up to the exit of where my hotel was, and our time was about to end. I shared with him that Christ wants sinners like me and you to come to him. There is a reason Jesus didn’t hang out with the high Priest and hung out with Sinners like his own disciples. We pulled up and then he said before you get out of the car can I ask one more question and I said yes of course. He leaned, turned his head and looked at me and asked where I can go to church to get to know more about this Jesus you know. I said I’m not from Atlanta and don’t really know the churches here, but I shared with him the only Church I know. He said I will go there to learn more about Jesus. I told him good luck and I would be praying for him. I really hope Michael finds Northpointe Church here in Atlanta.
 
We as Christians have to remember God calls us to show love and act on our beliefs. I have yet to find and scripture that causes us to judge anyone. He is a man who doesn’t want to go to a Church because he felt judged and because he wasn’t perfect. I’m not saying every church is this way at all but we a have to remember we are no perfect even if you grew up in the Church and you think you have it figured out. Show the love of Christ to other and act on your beliefs.