Early Monday morning, as I was leaving home to go to PJ’s, my wife asked if I had written my article. “No,” I answered, “but I’ll think of something.”

While having coffee with Tom Boesen and Rickey Grunberg, I noticed a stranger walking in dressed in biker’s garb. He looked a little rough, had a long beard and I waved to him.

After getting his coffee, he walked toward our table, introduced himself as Six Pack, and wanted to know if we were veterans. Like myself, he was a Navy veteran.

He served on a destroyer during the Vietnam War.

Evidently, he approached us looking to find some common ground for conversation.

Six Pack decided to sit with us with the intent to share his experiences that represented his values. I tried to challenge him, showing that I had no interest in his stories, hoping that he would leave, but he stayed and continued talking about his biker family and his life.

I’ve learned that to get someone to stop talking, you ask, “If you died today, would you go to heaven or hell?”

“I’ll be in biker’s heaven,” he said confidently.

“There is only one heaven,” I responded, “and it’s open to everyone if they choose the free gift of salvation.”

Tom and Rickey decided to go outside for a while and that’s when the conversation got real.

Six Pack is 69 and had been married three times. He said, “That’s it. I believe that after three strikes, you’re out.” He had one son who died in his early 30s and shared that he was a good boy.

“Six Pack, do you know Jesus?”

He paused a little and said, “There must be something to it. I’m still here for a reason.”

I gave him a daily devotional that explains salvation. As we were about to leave, he said, “Our encounter was not accidental.” I agreed.

I looked at the baseball cap that he wore which read:

Biker Born

Biker Bred

And when I die

I’ll be Biker Dead

I told him that he’ll be dead physically, but his spirit will live somewhere for all eternity and that will be decided by the way he reacts to the salvation message.

If you have any questions or comments, please write Harold Keller at Get High on Life, P.O. Drawer U, Reserve, LA 70084, call 985-542-8477 or email hkeller@comcast.net.