“There is something slightly intimidating about trying to talk to a stranger, particular when you have no good reason for chatting other than being polite.”

That is the opening sentence of the article “LEARNING TO SAY HELLO” by Narelle Suisted from the MAXIM INSTITUTE. (The Northland Age, Tuesday, March 20, 2012)

I have always a good reason to talk to strangers. In fact I have always a good reason to talk to every person I meet. And I know also that I should do it more often.

What is the good reason?

The good reason is the GOOD NEWS!

In Mark 16:16 we are reading  about THE GREAT COMMISSION, where the Lord Jesus Christ says:

“GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL CREATION.”

The GOOD NEWS is the Gospel. “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness  that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.'” (Habakkuk 2:4)

I am from Germany and  live in Kaitaia in the north of New Zealand.

A great tourist attraction for visitors to New Zealand is Capa Reinga here in the north of this beautiful country.

Many Germans are coming to Kaitaia and I have talked to a good number of them and told them the GOOD NEWS. And of course they are strangers.

 Am I  intimidated?

We are reading in Second Timothy 2:7 “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”