God and...Playboy?

God and Playboy. Bet you never thought you'd see that in the same line?

I believe it was 1979. Playboy had a pictorial from the number one party school that year -San Diego State University. I was working at the nearby grocery store and recognized one of the bunny hopefuls. Of course, I only bought those periodicals for the articles...articles of clothing maybe, or lack of that is. Yes, I was a curious teen back then. I was in my season of unbelief. Anything that had to do with church or religion was not for me.

So every time she came in the store, I would joke around and ask her out. The response was always the same. I couldn't imagine why she wouldn't go out with me. Finally, one Friday night, I was working Produce, and she came in...again, I asked her out and she said "no thank you," again!

"No I 'm serious, why won't you go out with me?" She went on to say that she only went out with guys who were Christ followers and lived a life accordingly. Well, that stopped me in my tracks. I told her I wouldn't bug her again.

Several weeks passed, and she approached me while in the store, and she asked if I still wanted to take her out sometime. "She's come to her senses" I was thinking, but that was short lived. She had recently gotten involved in a group on campus called Campus Crusade for Christ, and had done a 180 on her prior life. They were having a week long event where national speaker's would come and give nightly talks. She had come to "invite" me to join her the following night, and since each of us have our own motivations, I said "sure."

That night, a speaker talked about a God sized void that's only filled by...sex, drugs, and rock and roll? No? Money, prestigue, degrees and titles? No? Fame and fortune, cars and chicks? Again, No? What else doesn't fill a God sized void?

She found it, then, I found it later on in life. Just goes to show you that God can use anything He wants to, including Playboy.