by Anthony N. Wade

It was my first trip to New Mexico, USA. I was visiting to do a series of meetings, as well as reconnect with some friends who had moved there. I was instrumental in leading one of my friends to The Lord Jesus Christ. As normal, I sang a couple of songs and commenced to minister the Word of God. During the ministry of the Word, I would often used different sayings that to me aided me in illustrating my points of view. One of the quotes I picked up was from a minister who was very instrumental in my ministry today. The saying I used was expounding on how simple some things are when it comes to living our life for the Lord. I used the saying about a person having 'half sense and one eye.' Little did I realize that there was a man with one eye in the service. This man was not only blind, he wore a black patch over one of his eyes.

In retrospect, if I had scanned the congregation thoroughly enough, I would have seen this man and not used that illustration. He was very noticeable, especially with a black patch on one of his eyes.

The pastor of this church confronted me about using the expression I had used. I apologized and told the pastor it was a slip of my tongue. What is the moral of this story? We should be aware of others in our presence who we could potentially hurt, offend, or put off, by repeating something we heard someone else say or do. — AWM