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MAKE ME LIKE JOE. !!!!
by Tony Campolo

Joe was a drunk who was miraculously converted at a Bowery mission. Prior to his conversion he had gained the reputation of being a dirty wino for whom there was no hope, only a miserable existence in the getto. But following his conversion to a new life with God, everything changed. Joe became the most caring person that anyone associated with he mission had ever known. Joe spent his days and nights hanging out at the mission, doing what ever needed to be done. There was never anything he was asked to do that he considered beneath him. Whether it was cleaning up vomit left by some violently sick alcoholic or scrubbing toilets after careless men left the men's room filthy. Joe did what he was asked with a smile on his face and seeming gratitude for the chance to help. He could be counted on to feed feeble men who wandered off the street and into the mission, and to undress and tuck into bed men who were too out of it to take care of themselves.
One evening when the director of the mission was delivering his evening evangelistic message to at the usual crowd of still and sullen men with dropped heads, there was a man who looked up, came down the aisle to the alter, and knelt to pray, crying out to God to help him change . The repentant drunk kept shouting, "Oh God !! Make me like Joe !! Make me like Joe ! Make me like Joe ! Make me like Joe !
The director of the mission leaned over and said to the man--"Son, I think it would be better if you prayed, 'make me like Jesus'"
The man looked up at the director with a quizzical expression on his face and ask, "Is he like Joe?"

Now I would love to add my 2cents worth, but not much more to be said, just remember that often the only Bible many will see is "YOU"

God Bless