By Larry Robertson, TBC president & pastor in Clarksville Tennesee

The only difference between “what’s the point” and “that’s the point” is a single letter. We should not, therefore, overlook the importance of seemingly insignificant events or encounters. We may never know the impact of a simple conversation.

A few weeks ago I received a message from a lady who asked if I remembered a brief conversation with her several years ago. In a store where she worked at the time I had shared Christ with her. She said that even though she did not respond to what I shared with her then, she never forgot our conversation. She had chosen to follow Christ and just wanted me to know.

I thought, “Wow! A five minute conversation from which I walked away disappointed and dejected had not been in vain.”

I’ve thought a good bit lately about my recent exchange with my newly-discovered sister in Christ.

What if I had never opened my mouth? What if I had acted before her in such a way that my witness was diminished? What if I had been too busy to care?

Let me be clear — the Holy Spirit is the only Soul-winner. And any salvation testimony owes all the glory to God. Yet He has chosen to use flawed vessels like you and me to carry His gospel into the world.

Read the rest at the Baptist Reflector, the official news journal of the Tennessee Baptist Convention.