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    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2001 (message contributor)

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When I was in Atlanta I saw a young lady with blue hair and bright red streaked hair with yellow mixed underneath setting on a bench.

-She had ear rings, nose rings, eyebrow rings and a lip ring. I went over to talk to her. I told her that I liked her hair. (I really did -she looked nice.) It seemed to make her happy.

-Then I ask "Didn’t it hurt putting that lip ring in?" She said not as bad as the tongue ring.

-After we talked a short time. I ask if she knew Jesus. She said "yes". "Do you know him well enough that he changed your life." She said "Yes". I said smiling -"Me too."

-She smiled, crossed her legs and placed her many ringed hands together and placed them on her top leg.

-She then said that she didn’t go to church. I didn’t ask her why. I kind of knew. But I did say -she should go to church. "Set the example for the others to follow." I said. “It would be hard to do.” she said. “Yes”, I said “but somebody has to do it”. We smiled. I said “You know some woman actually wear paints in church where I come from.” She smiled real big and shook her head yes and while rubbings her hands together.

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