One thing that is very easy to do here is to argue. They have their beliefs and we have ours. Often they are very different and it is easy to find yourself in an argument and you can't even really remember how you got there. I was visiting a family that I just love, they have a Book that they had asked for a few weeks ago. She told me story out of it that she had read and then told me the difference in her story and ours. Then she concluded what she was saying by adding that the Book had been corrupted. I had been thinking about this girl for a long time and was so hurt and even angry that she would say that. I tried explaining that the book could not be changed, who could change His Word. So a couple of minutes later I found myself hot, I was speaking in anger and I wasn't sure why since this is a conversation I have had many times. But I didn't want to argue, it gets nowhere. So finally I said "you believe what you believe and I'll believe what I believe and I'm right 100%. I had to throw that in there. Probably not the most gracious conversation I have had but I was tired of hearing lies and hearing lies about everything I believe. I then followed with a question, do you know where you will go when you die, I do. I have a relationship and therefore know that we I die I will be with Him. Something for her to think about. Someone came in at that moment and the conversation changed, but hoping that she will think hard about those words. I have seen the family since and they are still one of my favorite families to go visit, I can sit with them and feel at home, not many places I can do that here.
Remember me please that I would use and share His Words with love, remembering that they are blinded and it is only through "thinking" about them and sharing that we will see hearts change.
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Will be remembering you. I was thinking today of what a privilege it is to "share" in your lives this way and with others we know in different parts of the world. In a very small way, I am being used in your part of the world simply by lifting you up. I think it must be so hard for you to not have a community to meet with weekly...for all 6 of you. So in a sense, those of us at "home" are your community. Thank you for your blog and newsletters and for letting us know how to lift you up. This post shows a very specific way. Thanks to Him that you are having these conversations. Sometimes people say things to see our reactions. Sometimes people say things but remember what we say for weeks or even years after we say them. May that be true for your friend; may He help her remember what you say; may He open eyes; may His words penetrate. Will be lifting her up and you all.
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