by:Bob Reccord
I never gave it much thought at the time. Twenty-six years ago life was hectic and I was traveling the country heading up a national training program for an international ministry (Evangelism Explosion International). The “road†beckoned about 33 weeks a year and I was trying to balance a family with a four year old and a new born.
He was a young man who had just come to know Christ and was proving to be a voracious reader, inquisitive mind, dynamic thinker and hungry learner. His dream, he said, was to write some day, and he wondered if he could come by my office regularly and just run his thoughts and questions by me, discuss what he was learning about the Christian life, and have me give thought and perspective to some things he was trying to write.
He reminded me recently over a dinner in Orlando, that he would often come by and kneel by my desk while I worked, answered phone calls, edited material and planned for the next trip…in between meetings. With stirring sincerity he told me what it had meant to him that I had given time generously, taken him seriously, encouraged him constantly and rejoiced with him in victories regularly.
Little did I imagine that twenty-six years later he would be one of the most listened to Christian talk show hosts in America. A celebrated speaker. A scratch golfer. And, still a wonderful friend. Who? Hank Hannegraff–the Bible Answer Man. Big doors swing on small hinges… like the gift of time when we have no idea what difference it will ultimately make.