While eating breakfast at the hotel a few mornings ago, my dad read the writing under the top of his yogurt container. It was one of Dannon’s “light and fit” tips – something that only a few unique individuals in this world actually take the time to notice. [smile]
It read, “…reduce stress with some alone time. Even a half hour can help you reach your nirvana.”
“This is Hindu yogurt!” Dad exclaimed.
Wanting to get some ministry out of this discovery, Dad walked up to the man at the front desk.
“Here — read this,” Dad told the guy in the suit, holding out the flimsy peel-off lid for him to see.
The man read it.
“That’s Hindu!” Dad told him. “Nirvana is the Hindu term for their equivalent of salvation. But Hindus actually have no way to understand salvation. True salvation is being reconciled to God, our Creator. But since they worship 33 million gods, they don’t have a correct concept of God or a correct concept of man (because man is made in the image of God). Therefore there is no way for them to understand either the true problem or the solution. However, we [Christians] know that there is one true living God, our Creator and salvation is being reconciled to Him.”
He smiled and nodded in agreement.
“They ought to put a Bible verse on this!” Dad continued.
“You should write to them,” the man suggested.
I guess we just never know what little things can lead to conversations. [smile]
Our family is HOME now and it definitely feels great to be back! Lots going on around here and things are going well.
Wow, I am always amazed at the analogies that your dad is able to come up with and use in witnessing. Melodie
Wow! That is interesting! 🙂
What a fun story!!
There is too much of that going on now.
What a great way to start a conversation! Maybe I should go buy some yogurt! 🙂
Its nice to see someone speak up about this! It seems that in many situations today ‘inspirational’ messages like this most often include Hindu or Buddhist ideas, like it is assumed that that will not offend anyone but a Christian message would. Perhaps they should have put ‘find peace’ rather than ‘reach your nirvana’!