South Jersey, Part 2

After lunch, we stopped in a couple of specialty shops as we walked. Surprisingly, we both enjoyed looking at some of their unique items. Since Matt hates to shop, it was nice to browse without driving him nuts! He'd never show it, but I'd feel badly for dragging him along nonetheless. 

For dinner, we went to City Tavern. It's a colonial style restaurant where the servers wear colonial dress and speak in like manner. It was a nice candlelight dinner for two. 

The weather was perfect all day. A gift we both appreciated. It was a great day to spend mostly outside. 

The only odd moments were the ones on our way to Reading Terminal Market. We were surprised to find several street preachers on various corners shouting at the top of their lungs. They were clean cut, ordinary looking folks in business casual attire, so they were not off-putting in that regard at all. 

Although I believe they are true believers who were attempting to spread the gospel, somehow it felt off. Everyone ducked their heads and walked by without slowing down to listen (including me). The one man we saw passing out flyers used a poor choice of words to a little girl walking with her mom. I told Matt he sounded like an innocent and well-meaning person who had no idea his kind words would sound to a stranger as if he was a pedophile. It was a troubling scene because it seemed their hearts were right, but that they had no hope of being effective with their approach. 

If any in the crowd were true seekers, I doubt they'd approach any one of those men to ask questions. Drawing people in for a one-on-one discussion about spiritual things is usually most effective. Thankfully, the Lord can work through any genuine attempt to reach others for Christ. 

It was an interesting day in all respects. Quite an adventure.