Same Kind of Different As Me

I thought I was impressed with Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together, but seeing Ron Hall and Denver Moore in person was amazing. The most memorable quote from this lecture is when Ron said, “coincidences are God’s way of being anonymous.” That has kind of stuck with me. I think about the statement a lot and realize that there is more truth to the statement than most people would care to admit.

Debbie’s story was even more compassionate hearing it from the two men. I thought I loved the woman before hearing her husband talk about how much helping the homeless meant to her, but now I am in awe of her. It was touching to hear Ron speak of how Debbie never thought about what would happen to her when she worked with “God’s people.” Instead, she only thought what would happen to them if she did not help.

Debbie’s attitude has driven me to reform my own way of thinking, just as it had driven Ron to restructure his. Instead of having a money making purpose, God gave him another purpose, which he did not expect. As Ron said, he did not “realize Denver had anything to offer him.” Throughout Ron’s opening act, he spoke of how God tested him. For instance, when Debbie was sick and the men in the circle were praying for her, Ron felt bad for harshly judging the gentlemen. Furthermore, he felt awful about his snap judgment on Denver when he learned Denver was still in bed.

Now Denver, he stole the show. I was so transfixed on his wisdom, words, and song that I forgot to take notes during his part. I do remember him singing “God is protecting me.” I also remember him making statements like, we are “all somebody in God’s eyesight, the most precious thing is what money can’t buy, and God speaks through you.” I left the lecture with my spirits held high and refreshed, and with a warmth in my heart. Overall, I feel if I were asked to go see the gentlemen “in concert” again, I would not hesitate.

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