I love my new devotional book "Hotcakes and Hallelujahs" today I was reading the part about a new beginning. The verse that begins this sections is 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are new." This is so appropriate at the beginning of a new year. You take stock in your life, what things you would like to change or stop doing all together. There may even be things that you would like to do more of, like growing your relationship with God. Spending more time in prayerful conversation with God.
I have to share this with you about my Ethics class I am taking for school. We were talking about what ethical system drives you. I picked religion, because that is the basis of my life. I had a young man question how I could blindly follow something I could not see or touch. He was attacking my faith, but I did not get offended, he obviously did not know any better and was repeating what ever he had heard from someone else. Again, I was not offended, I took this as an opportunity to witness to this young man that was obviously confused. He thought it was insane for someone to "claim" to walk and talk with God. I shared with him the fact that I carried my two boys in my body and gave birth to them was all the proof I needed to know that God was real and that he was working in my life. I see God in my everyday life, I journal my prayers for my family and when I go back and look at them I can see exactly where God stepped in and moved us along. We had an interesting discussion on this subject of religion. I do not know if I made a difference or not with this fella but he has been added to my prayer list. I know that God puts people in your life for a reason, whether to teach you a lesson or for you to teach them. I feel like this fella is the later.
How would you feel if someone said these things to you? Would you be offended or would you take the opportunity to witness? Let me know what you are thinking.
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