Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn
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CHANGED IN HIS PRESENCE<br />
Well, we f<strong>in</strong>ally got to Israel and I could not<br />
wait to see that uncle. My father was my best<br />
friend and if anyone was like my dad, I wanted<br />
to meet him. I was so excited as we drove to my<br />
uncle's house.<br />
My mother kept tell<strong>in</strong>g me stories about him<br />
and said, "Remember son, he is your father's<br />
brother. He has the same last name as you do.<br />
He is just like your father."<br />
So we arrived at my uncle's house, and as my<br />
mom knocked on the door all I could th<strong>in</strong>k about<br />
was how much we would have to talk about s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
we hadn't seen each other <strong>in</strong> thirteen years. My<br />
uncle opened the door and I couldn't really<br />
remember him, but—wow!—did he look like my<br />
dad.<br />
I had two hours or so to spend with him and<br />
really get to know him. So I began to talk to him<br />
about the th<strong>in</strong>gs my dad and I talked about. I<br />
started with sports; he had no <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> sports.<br />
I asked him about car rac<strong>in</strong>g; he had no <strong>in</strong>terest<br />
<strong>in</strong> car rac<strong>in</strong>g. "Well," I thought, "my dad loves<br />
wrestl<strong>in</strong>g. I'll ask him about that." My uncle had<br />
never seen wrestl<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
It soon became clear we had absolutely<br />
noth<strong>in</strong>g to talk about, and the next hour and<br />
fifty-five m<strong>in</strong>utes were go<strong>in</strong>g to go by very<br />
slowly. We had a relationship with each other<br />
and even resembled each other, but we had no<br />
fellowship at all. I had noth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> common with<br />
him.<br />
Go<strong>in</strong>g Beyond Relationship<br />
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