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Beth was sitting at an airport terminal, waiting to board a plane. As she waited, she pulled out her Bible
and started reading. Suddenly she felt as if the people sitting around her were looking at her. She looked up, but realized
that they were looking just over her head, in the direction right behind her.
When she turned around to see what
everyone was looking at, she saw a stewardess pushing a wheelchair, with the ugliest old man sitting in it, that she had ever
seen. He had long white hair that was all tangled and such a mess. His face was wrinkled and he didn't look friendly at all.
She
didn't know why, but she felt drawn to the man, and thought at first that Yashua wanted her to witness to him. In her
mind she was thinking, "please, not now, not here." But no matter what she did, she couldn't get the man off of her mind,
and suddenly she knew what Yashua wanted her to do. She was supposed to brush the old man's hair. She knelt down
in front of the old man, and asked "Sir may I have the honor of brushing your hair for you?" He said "What?"
She
thought, "Oh great, he's hard of hearing." Again, a little louder, she asked, "Sir, may I have the honor of brushing your
hair for you?" He answered, "If you are going to talk to me, you will have to speak up, I am practically deaf."
This time, she was almost yelling, "Sir may I please have the honor of brushing
your hair for you?" Everyone was watching to see what his response would be. The old man just looked at her and said "Well,
I guess if you really want to." She said, "I don't even have a brush, but I thought I would ask anyway." He said, "Look in
the bag hanging on the back of my chair, there is a brush in there."
She got the brush out and started brushing
his hair. She worked for a long time, until every last tangle was out. Just as she was finishing up, she heard the old
man crying. Looking directly into his eyes, she asked: "Sir, do you know Yashua?" He answered, "Yes, of course I know
Yashua. You see, my bride told me she couldn't marry me unless I knew Yashua, so I learned all about Him and asked
Him to come into my heart many years ago, before I married my bride."
He continued, "You know, I am on my
way home to see my wife. I've been in the hospital for a long time, and had to have a special surgery in a town
far from my home. My wife couldn't come with me, because she is so frail herself. I was so worried about how terrible
my hair looked, and I didn't want her to see me looking so awful, but I couldn't brush my hair by myself."
Tears
were rolling down his cheeks as he thanked Beth for brushing his hair. He thanked her over and over again. She was crying,
people all around were crying, and as they were boarding the plane, the stewardess, who was also crying, stopped Beth
and asked, "Why did you do that?" And right there she shared with her Yashua's love.
~ Author Unknown ~
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