Something Beautiful: The Influence of a Christian Mailman
Funny thing; I thought that for week 4 of Renee’s Something Beautiful I would share about our kitchen. But my Mom posted that to satisfy your curiosity, so I am going to share one of my musings; but it’s not the musing that’s beautiful. Wait and see!
I recently read through Kathryn Kuhlman’s book God Can Do It Again again, for the I-don’t-remember-how-many-times-I’ve-read-this-same-book-overth time. 
One of the testimonies included comes from a couple whose two little boys had drowned. They were both Catholics, but the Catholic church offered no hope. The wife had been listening to Kathryn Kuhlman on the radio and had been seeking God and deciding to trust in His Word, so though she sorrowed, she experienced supernatural strength. The husband, however, totally broke down in sorrow, and everyone was afraid for him. But he decided he would do whatever it took to see his boys again. He believed that because they were so innocent, they must be in a better place, with God. So he went to every mass at the Catholic Church, and did everything he thought he had to do to get to where his boys were. But still, he was horribly depressed and sick. One day, his local mailman, who was aware of his difficulty, asked the man how he was doing. Obviously, the man wasn’t so well. So the mailman asked him, “Are you trusting in the Lord?” The man was slightly confused by the question. “Yes,” he responded, “I’m closely related with the church.” The mailman shook his head, “I didn’t say the church; I asked if you were trusting Jesus.” The man was stunned, talked to his wife, and resolved to find out more about Jesus. The couple had sought help from both Catholic and Protestant ministers, but none of them ever told them that they needed to seek Jesus Christ. At a Kathryn Kuhlman service, the couple came forward to receive the Way, the Truth, and the Life. They went on to have a tremendous influence on the community, reaching kids with the gospel.
I also recently heard the testimony of Mike Williams, a Christian comedian. When he was a boy, he was a street kid in the inner city of Chicago. There was one Christian person in his mom’s life– a mailman who would tell her something about God every day. One day, she told him that she wanted to give her last son a chance in life. She believed that the first step was to get him into a decent home. The mailman said he was too old, but his daughter and son-in-law had been praying 12 years for a child. So Mike went to live with them as their own child. He said, “It was really different in this home; these folks were Christians. They were Baptists, but they were Christians.” His dad was a Sunday school teacher, and he would “practice” on Mike in the car! One day, his dad said, “Mike, are you ready?” Mike said “Yes.” They pulled over, and Mike prayed to Jesus and asked him to come into his heart. Mike said, “That day, my life changed, and I have never gotten over it.”
How far are the reaches of the ordinary Christian! It seems I’ve heard a lot of stories about the influence of Christian mailmen, reaching people within the United States who have never been told about Jesus. For the mostpart, it’s a brief word from these Christian mailmen that reaches out to the lost and changes them and their world forever. And the lamp goes forth to change even more lives, to change eternity. What a beautiful thing, that God is glorified through humble folk such as the mailmen!
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