Why do I find it so easy to pass out fliers and goody bags and invite strangers to church, why do I find myself unashamed and unafraid to put myself out there in my school and share what I believe, when at the same time I'm scared to bring it up with some of my closest friends and part of my own family? If, hypothetically, I were to value someone's salvation more than another's, wouldn't I delight more in a friend's salvation than in a stranger's?
So I've done everything I could this past week to invite these random people to church. And yet I've done nothing to bring my own father or my own friends closer to Christ in the past few years. I deserve no credit, no praise, no pride for what I've done-- or rather, what I haven't done. But I'm just too afraid. I'm afraid if I shove Christianity down their throats, it'll only push them further away than they already are.
But that's no excuse. I should at least try.
I'm a coward.
... Angie. I know. Dude we gotta talk!
ReplyDeleteI agree.
ReplyDeleteI know that it's hard to make all my friendships centered around Christ. So often I reflect that these relationships have something different, and it's hard to shift that focus without fearing that others will be driven away.
-sighs-
But yes, we all do have to try.
love you friend.
ReplyDeletedont be so disheartened!! Thats what the Spirit is for-that we might trust in him for our weaknesses and fears.
true evangelism is not in the result, but in the offer.
praying for you and the lost in your life today.
-grace