Change?

i'm about to enter a 7 -11
for some half 'n half
when a homeless man looks at me
with his hand out
i look back at him figuring
i'll bless him on the way out
with my change

when i left
i looked for the man
good ... he was still there
i held the coins in my fingers
as he held his hand out
he kept looking down
i waited for eye contact
when he lifted his eyes
i looked into them and said
"change"

he looked back at me with a happy smile
"change" he said, while touching his temple
with his hand,
"i will ... i will!"
he said these words with a powerful ferver
in his voice

i looked back at him as i walked away
and pointed to myself, nodding in agreement
that i will change too

today i realized
that God has given everyone
a certain measure of wealth
and a certain ministry
a "job" to do

for many
the job is to simply say the word,
"change"

that word means "repent'

when we come into agreement
that we all need change
and then say
"i will"
we have uttered some of the greatest words
which have ever been said
or heard

so now when i see a person
begging in the street
i realize that this person
has been given the task
of reminding me
of what i must continually do
"change"

"i will"

and in can

in Christ