A story about James MCGinlay
I went into a gas station in Glendale, CA. and a big 6’1” 275 pound gas station attendant with red hair and the toughest looking face I ever saw came to the car. I said, “It’s pretty hot today, isn’t it? He said, “It is hot as hell.” “My friend,” I said, “Put it there.” His hand was so big that his thumb filled my hand so I held on to his thumb. I said, “Do you know there are people in this country who do believe in it but don’t believe it is a hot place.” He was trying to pull his thumb away. But I continued, “you ‘ve no idea how refreshing it is to come into this gas station and meet a man of God like yourself who not only believes in hell, but believes its hot.” The cold sweat was pouring down his face. I said, “Isn’t it wonderful though, that the Lord Jesus Christ died for us on the cross and shed his precious blood so that you and I might spend eternity in a place where the climate is a little more temperate.” I released his thumb and he staggered away. I even had to call him back to ask how much I owed him and that took grace because I’m still a Scotsman. I don’t believe there will ever be another hot day when that fellow doesn’t remember the previous occasion when to a stranger he tried to describe how hot the other day was.
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