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What does it mean?
The speaker recalls an encounter with an outsider who claimed to offer salvation.
In plain terms
A stranger on the street once claimed to save me.
What can you take from it?
Unexpected encounters can impact us deeply.

Where it applies

  • city streets
  • unpredictable encounters

Putting it to work

  • listen to unexpected voices
  • reflect on encounters

Questions to consider

  • Who has saved you?
  • Have you met a stranger like this?

Another view

Such encounters are rare and unpredictable.

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