BOLD
Sometimes I can be the boldest person in the room, and sometimes, I can be the biggest scaredy cat in the world!
There was a young man I saw on a daily basis. He never spoke to anyone, and didn't make eye contact. I heard others snicker about him, calling him names. This made me angry, How can people just assume things about others without getting to know them!
I spoke up on this young man's behalf, and asked the people making comments, to stop. That was pretty bold. I finally called the young man over and struck up a conversation. Turns out this kid is pretty much a genius. Really nice fellow, with tourette syndrome. My son has a mild case of this syndrome, and my heart immediately understood what he must have gone through his whole life. Well that's it, this kid is going to have a friend in me, my motherly instincts came out, and we quickly became friends. That was pretty bold.
After a few weeks, my new friend, would stop by and chat with me everyday, and he even slowly began friendships with other people around him. I was happy to see my friend engaging in conversation, smiling more, and feeling more comfortable. For that I was so thankful to God.
On Monday my friend told me that he was going to move across the country at the end of the week. I'm thinking..."wait! I haven't even shared the Gospel with you, I don't even know if you aware that Jesus died for you..for all of us!"
This whole week, I thought of how I could interject the Gospel in a way that would be delicate yet intriguing for this previous Philosophy Major! I didn't know what to do. I wish I could have the courage like the other people I've seen just jump out and have the words flow so easily from their mouths all the while sharing the gospel in a glorious manner! ....Not me, I got scared, I didn't know where to start. I let my own thoughts prevent me from sharing the good news verbally.I was a big scaredy cat.
The Holy Spirit gave me an idea, the best way for me to share Jesus, was to be the salt and light, Show him through my actions. I was praying my kindness and our friendship would make him see that I wasn't like the rest, and wonder what it was. I felt prompted to get him a book for his trip. It was a C,S Lewis book, and one other. In the back of it I wrote. "John 3;16".
He was very grateful and said, it was great getting to know me. "Thank you for sharing your wisdom." he said and smiled. I take comfort in knowing that I did what I felt prompted to at that moment.
The enemy tried to guilt me, and distort what was true. I almost let him win that battle. Not today, today I give this up to the Lord and let him finish what he started.
God Bless Friend
There was a young man I saw on a daily basis. He never spoke to anyone, and didn't make eye contact. I heard others snicker about him, calling him names. This made me angry, How can people just assume things about others without getting to know them!
I spoke up on this young man's behalf, and asked the people making comments, to stop. That was pretty bold. I finally called the young man over and struck up a conversation. Turns out this kid is pretty much a genius. Really nice fellow, with tourette syndrome. My son has a mild case of this syndrome, and my heart immediately understood what he must have gone through his whole life. Well that's it, this kid is going to have a friend in me, my motherly instincts came out, and we quickly became friends. That was pretty bold.
After a few weeks, my new friend, would stop by and chat with me everyday, and he even slowly began friendships with other people around him. I was happy to see my friend engaging in conversation, smiling more, and feeling more comfortable. For that I was so thankful to God.
On Monday my friend told me that he was going to move across the country at the end of the week. I'm thinking..."wait! I haven't even shared the Gospel with you, I don't even know if you aware that Jesus died for you..for all of us!"
This whole week, I thought of how I could interject the Gospel in a way that would be delicate yet intriguing for this previous Philosophy Major! I didn't know what to do. I wish I could have the courage like the other people I've seen just jump out and have the words flow so easily from their mouths all the while sharing the gospel in a glorious manner! ....Not me, I got scared, I didn't know where to start. I let my own thoughts prevent me from sharing the good news verbally.I was a big scaredy cat.
The Holy Spirit gave me an idea, the best way for me to share Jesus, was to be the salt and light, Show him through my actions. I was praying my kindness and our friendship would make him see that I wasn't like the rest, and wonder what it was. I felt prompted to get him a book for his trip. It was a C,S Lewis book, and one other. In the back of it I wrote. "John 3;16".
He was very grateful and said, it was great getting to know me. "Thank you for sharing your wisdom." he said and smiled. I take comfort in knowing that I did what I felt prompted to at that moment.
The enemy tried to guilt me, and distort what was true. I almost let him win that battle. Not today, today I give this up to the Lord and let him finish what he started.
I will pray for my friend, for his salvation, for his peace, and life. He doesn't even know how much he's helped me. I've realized that I can't let the enemy creep in with his lies, and false truths about what God is leading me to do. Sometimes our job is just helping people during their walk, being the light until the next lamp shows up, and that's pretty bold."Sometimes our job is just helping people during their walk, being the light until the next lamp shows up."
God Bless Friend
Keep preying for him!
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