Borrowed story: Doug Nichols in a restaurant

I borrow this story from missionary Doug Nichols:

Several years ago, when I had cancer, 2 friends took me to a special breakfast. Breakfast is my favorite meal, the doctor said that I was going to be dying in several months, so my friends wanted to buy me a special breakfast. I guess you can call it the "last breakfast."

So we went into the restaurant and it was very crowded. There must have been a convention going on. Everybody was there and they didn't have enough servers and waiters. So finally, the waitress came over and gave us our coffee and then rushed away saying, "I will be back in a few moments to take your order."

So she rushes away, few minutes later and one of my friends said, "I wonder if that waitress who's waiting on us…I wonder if she's a believer. I wonder if she's a Christian."

I looked at her and there was nothing attractive about her. Hindi maganda, she wasn't attractive. She's kind of pumpy and her dress has kind of food all over it, her hair is all mess up and but there was something about her countenance and the way she waited on people and the way she went about her job and so when she comes over I will try to find out if she's a believer.

So when she came over, she said, "May I have your order please?" and I said, "Ma'am, I know this may not be the best time but may I ask you a question? The doctors tell me that I'm dying in about 3 months with cancer. Can you tell a man who is dying of cancer how to go to heaven?"

She did not miss a beat. She looked at me and said, "Certainly I can. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved."

Whoa. I fell back in my chair. I said, "That is wonderful. Then you must know John 14:6."

She said, "Certainly. Jesus said, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father but by Me.' Now, may I have your order?"

Doug Nichols explained: You know, that's the type of person you and I should be. To immediately point to people and say to people and even if it's inconvenient. That's not the right time, we're rushed. People may even be embarrassed but immediately be able to say, "Jesus said, 'I am the Way,' without the way there's no going, 'I am the truth,' without the truth, there's no knowing. 'I am the Life,' without the life there is no living, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.