best christian pick up line

ok. ok. ok. HILARIOUS.

i was walking from my car to a coffee shop today in downtown silver spring. i was stuck at a pedestrian crosswalk that was red and so i looked over my shoulder to see if there was a button to push to make the walk signal come on. instead of seeing a button, however, i saw a rather short, obviously foreign man, who noticed when i glanced at him. i looked away very suddenly to avoid the misconception that i had been looking at him. but, alas, i was too late.

him: "hello! you are very nice!" he said, approaching and holding a bible in his hand.

me: "um, thanks(?)"

him: "God created you and he loves you" (or something like that)

me: "amen!"

him: "aaand you TRULY are fearfully and wonderfully made!"

me: "um... amen."

him: "are you a born again christian?"

[upon closer observation, he appeared to be about 26-28 years of age]

me: "yes, i am."

him: "aah! no wonder our spirits are so in tune!"

(we walk across the street and continue walking)

me: "what church do you go to?"

him: "i go to the large ethiopian church around the corner."

me: "really? are you ethiopian? i love ethiopia! oh my gosh, i would love to visit your church!" (this was my biggest mistake)

him: "oh yes! oh yes! i would love to visit yours too! where do you go to church?"

me: "welll... it's in gaithersburg..."

him: "is it Covenant? i love Covenant! i have been there twice!"

me: "oh great... ok, well here's the coffee place, so i better be going... "

him: "oh, can i have your number... in case i... visit your church or something..?"

me: "oh... um.. sure." [it's so much easier to ignore calls than it is to reject requests... so i gave it to him]

him: "ok, well i'll call you right now. ok, there. is it ringing? you have my number"

me: "umm... what's your name?"

him: "israel... and yours?"

me: "rachel."

him: "ohh! israel and rachel! oh! oh! (meaningful laugh)... ok, goodbye!"

(you know how israel (jacob) and rachel get married in the bible... yeah. ha. )

this conversation was so funny to me on so many levels:

-first of all, can i just say that was the best and most hilarious christian pick up line EVER. you had to hear the intonation, too: "you TRULY are fearfully and wonderfully made!"

HAHA.

-second, it was very reminiscent of my recent visit to ethiopia, where i would be frequently asked to dinner or coffee by any random guy (of any age!), on the street or in a taxi bus. (it was just because i was white.... and there are hardly any white girls there... ) plus it was in the same accent. the similarity was sooo striking.

except, perhaps if this had occurred in ethiopia, he would have been calling to propose marriage, not dinner.

-third, it was just sooo RANDOM.

-fourth, the whole Israel and Rachel thing just topped it off. and his facial expression when he said it.... priceless.

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i walked into the coffee place and could not stop laughing while i tried to tell the people i was meeting there. i laughed a lot. oh yes, a lot. haha... oh yes.

then, ten minutes later, he left a message to asked me out to (an ethiopian) dinner, which i had to politely refuse via text message.

i got a rather dejected "Thanks." back for the "God bless you!" at the end of my text... poor guy.

and then i studied really super hard for my test on tuesday until about 12:15am. but that's not funny, so i'll stop now.

and the moral of the story is: ..... ?