March 15, 2004 at 6:00 pm
Glory to God.
grin grin grin grin.
I'll tell ya. It's been an interesting thing not having internet access readily available for the past month.
I have had to deal with every person I speak to on a face to face basis for the most part.
The bulk of my ministry has in the past been to people across the country via internet or phone.
It's been an amazing ride, reaching out solely to the people who are in my immediate vicinity.
God has used this time to give me courage. To give me boldness and encourage me that He is always there to give me words and wisdom to what He desires to be done.
Witnessing seems really hard sometimes. I mean sure we all try and "let our light so shine before all men," and that is great!
But even Jesus had to speak up. It's arrogant to think that we walk such with God in such a way that people will look at us and fall to their knees and accept Jesus.
We NEED to walk the walk. But we also NEED to talk the talk as well.
It starts with small things. Praying over your food in a public place, in a voice that can actually be heard! Be proud you are able to call on the creator of the universe to bless that there food! ;)
Then you give Godly advice and opinions when asked, you work to steer conversations toward that of more righteous things. You let God lead you with his spirit to what He needs you to convey.
And then the best part is when you get to that moment, when someone is paying attention to what you say and you let them know how much God loves them and how they can get to know Him and accept Him as their Lord and Savior.
It's the absolute best feeling in the world.
It also emboldens you for the next time. Doing it once may be nervewracking and maybe even difficult. But you are leading someone to the choice that is the most important one they will ever make.
It's amazing!
Don't be afraid to get out there and touch people for God! It's wonderful to feel God's love flow through you as you share His gospel. It's a rush to see the light of God touch someones face when they finally get it!
Other than the obvious joy and glory of seeing someone come to Christ, it fortifies your walk with God. You feel just that much closer to Him and you begin to look forward to the next task He will ask you to perform.
This Christian life is a rollercoaster. It's full of highs and lows and loop de loops. But the cool thing is, the highs are higher than anything the world can give you and the lows are never without hope of success.
The world doesn't offer such guarantees. Only God can.
"Go forth into all the world and praech the gospel."
It's more than a scripture. It's a command, a commission, a way of life. And when you follow that way, man hold on tight!
You are in for the ride of all time!
Man, why can't I write like that? Why is it that Christy gets all the writing talent? I'm sorry, darlin'. I love you and I love reading you. It's just so awesome!
I think all of us should just sit back right now and give her a round of applause. Because no one in their right mind can say that that entry wasn't God shining through the beautiful Christy-malificus. I know that I thank God every moment that I have such awesome Christian friends online that I can read about every day, hear as they go through the ups and downs of their lives.
Because I always thought that only the weak Christians fell or messed up. I thought that the stronger ones were always strong, always showing others how to live.
Mais non, ce n'est pas le cas.
Hearing Christy and Lisa say that they don't know it all, that they get those slap-in-the-face moments too, that they can fall just as easily as I can, it just made me feel that although I may not be the strongest Christian, that doesn't matter. It's the fact that I'm a Christian at all that does. And that I'm trying my best every day to know more about God and to be more like Jesus Christ.
I think I'm going to be the last person to see it, but I think I'm going to The Passion on Wednesday night. I'm so very excited.
Well, I'd better get memorizing my verse, because I've got to say it for Barb tonight.
Don't anyone forget to pray for Jamie. She's going through yet another rough time in her life, and she needs God's guidance to get through this. Because she can't do it herself. None of us could. It's so hard. I know. I never was as far along as Jamie, but I used to cut myself, and I've attempted suicide a few times. So yeah. I kind of know a bit of what it's like.
I know that the thing I would have loved more than anything is to know that someone was praying for me.
So pray hard and pray often!