A surreal encounter!

This afternoon I was walking towards Starbucks where I was meeting some young people. I was a little early so wasn't exactly rushing when a guy in his mid thirties asked me if I knew how to get to the tram stop. I pointed in the direction I thought it was to which he replied 'oh, at least you know where it is, the woman outside kept on at me about Jesus and giving my life to Him' a little taken aback the conversation continued as follows:

me: 'oh, OK, so did you?'

him: 'no, I didn't, well to be honest I used to be into all that church stuff and I used to be a christian but I'm not anymore'

me: 'which Church did you go to?'

him: 'Hillsong, a big church in London'

me: 'Yes, I've heard of it'

him: 'how come you've heard of it'

me: 'I'm actually a Christian too'

his mouth drops open and he says 'I don't believe it'

me: 'hmmm....seems like God might be on your case a bit. So why are you not going to church at the moment?'

he then goes on to tell me how basically everything in his life has fallen apart, how he used to be quite involved in hillsong and even on some sort of leadership team, but that now he wasn't interested as everything in his life was naff and he couldn't see God in it all. By this point we're by a bench and I ask 'so do you even believe in God anymore?' He asks if I have some time to talk, so we sit down and he continues to tell me about his life in church and why he isn't a part of that anymore. I have to be honest and say that it was probably one of the most surreal moments ever!

The discussion continues, 'the lady outside wanted to pray for me, but I wasn't interested...will you say a prayer for me before I go?' 'Yep, of course' I reply. So he gave me a few things to pray for and I prayed for him. Then...he prayed for me...it was the most amazing prayer asking that I would know God's blessing in my life etc etc.

Our discussion came to a close as I said that I was meeting some young people because I was the youth worker at my church. He then grabbed my hand and prayed for all the young people I come into contact with....awesome!

I honestly don't know who was more blessed, him or me. As we finished he said, 'I know God is with me, I need to stop listening to the lies and cling on to the truth, I need to get back to church because there are people there who can help me get through this....'

I left, completely dazed and questioning whether what happened really just happened!!