A friend of mine at church sends me YouTube videos from a country boy named Buddy Brown. Of all of Buddy\u2019s videos, there is one that I keep thinking about. Here it is in Buddy\u2019s words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We had a FedEx delivery guy that changed my life. He only spent about 25 seconds with us each time he delivered a package. Now, what can you possibly do in 25 seconds to help someone? I used to think that. I have learned it can be more valuable than 15 or 20-minute conversations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n His name was Robert. He would come to our house with the most infectious smile and laughter. \u201cHow\u2019s the family? How\u2019s the boys? They still fishin\u2019?\u201d When my son caught a big bass, and showed it to him Robert would make over it like a proud daddy. If the boys were playing basketball, he would grab the ball, shoot and make a 3-pointer. Then he would run back to his truck and get to work. It all happened in 25 seconds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We got looking forward to him pulling into our driveway. My boys would run outside, and I would stop what I was doing to talk to Robert.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We couldn\u2019t have been more different. Robert was a black guy tattooed from head to toe, with dreadlocks in his hair. I\u2019m a white guy in a camo shirt, cowboy boots, and a ball cap. None of that matters \u2013 he made every second count. That is what I remember about him. Robert was shot and killed while sitting in his delivery truck in a rough neighborhood last year. He left behind a wife and seven kids.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The reason I am telling you all this is that maybe there are times you spend 25 seconds with people. You think it doesn\u2019t matter. I cried the day Robert got killed. He mattered that much to me and my boys.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So are we going to use that 25 seconds or throw it away? Some people are desperate to receive 25 seconds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Matthew 24:12, Jesus is talking about the last days. He said that because of the increase in wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. I am not going to let that happen to me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ask about their family, ask about their kids. Robert delivered packages and spent 25 seconds with us, yet I still tell others about him long after he is gone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Buddy and I ask you to think about how you will spend 25 seconds with people. Welcome a visitor, invite someone to church, tell someone about Jesus. Touch their lives. All it takes is 25 seconds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A friend of mine at church sends me YouTube videos from a country boy named Buddy Brown. 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