The thing that instantly struck me about this guy was his humility. Even in the very first video that was shot by the Columbus Dispatch reporter, he was just so humble and gracious. He had a kindness in his eyes. Even how this guy just carries himself in these interviews, he's like a child. He has an innocence, and gentleness about him. I believe that this is the perfect work of God.
This man's whole story, and his rise to fame overnight is just saturated with the Gospel. He is a flawed, sinful man with a checkered past, with bondage, and regrets, and he's put himself and his family through pain and misery, and STILL, he's received favor. That's how God works. God meets us where we are. Ted doesn't "deserve" anything he has received this past week. Teds actions didn't earn him anything. But, because of his submission to "A God of his own understanding", and the fact that God softened his heart enough to make him grateful for what he had, even as a poor person, God has seen it fit to rise him up.
I think of 1 Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time". There's no doubt that God has done a big work through this man. Ted might not even realize the implications of his whole rise to instant fame. The hope that God has given TONS of homeless people, and poor people who are battling addiction, and poverty. God's given those people a voice, and a direction. As well as inspiration to millions of people who are perfectly well off. If you've seen this story, and it's captured you in any way, don't tell me that you won't have different types of thoughts the next time you encounter a pan handler on the streets. Hopefully Ted's story will help soften some hearts. Maybe it won't. But I believe that Ted's story was, and is fabricated by a perfect God who knows exactly what he's doing. And I believe that he will see Ted through.
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