priceless

Dr Francis Schaeffer, a great Christian scholar, decided to take a weekend off to visit Paris with a couple of his students. One night, as they strolled the streets of Paris, they saw a prostitute on a street corner. To the students’ horror, they watched their mentor walk right up to the woman. He said, “How much do you charge?”

“Fifty dollars.”

He eyed her up and down and said, “Nah, that’s too little.”

“Oh yeah, for Americans, it’s one hundred and fifty dollars.”

He stepped back again, “That’s still too low.”

She quickly said, “Uhh, oh yeah, the weekend rate for Americans is five hundred dollars.”

“No, that’s still too cheap.”

By this time she was a little irritated. She said, “What am I worth to you?”

He responded, “Lady, I couldn’t possibly pay you what you are worth, but let me tell you about somebody who already has.”

The two students watched as their mentor – right there and then – knelt with her on the sidewalk and led her in a prayer to commit her life to Christ.

~ Rome, Sweet Home ~ Scott & Kimberly Hahn