I recently received an email from a friend who thought I might enjoy the story. I did and wanted to share with you. I hope you find truth in these words.

A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional
Sales convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives that
they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night’s dinner.
In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen
inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples.
Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they
all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed
boarding.

ALL BUT ONE !!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch
with his Feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl
whose apple stand had been overturned.

He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told
one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home
destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the
terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.

He was glad he did.

The 16 year old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying,
tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time
helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled
about her, no one stopping and no one to care for her plight.

The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the
apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he
did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and
bruised; these he set aside in another basket.

When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the
girl, “Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you
okay?” She nodded through her tears. He continued on with, “I hope we
didn’t spoil your day too badly.”

As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl
called out to him, “Mister….” He paused and turned to look
back Into those blind eyes. She continued, “Are you Jesus?”

He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made
his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and
bouncing about in his soul: “Are you Jesus?” Do people mistake you for
Jesus? That’s our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that
people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world
that is blind to His love, life and grace.

If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He
would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to
Church. It’s actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.