I’m feeling reflective…

The last two weeks plus have been incredible on several levels. I have been busier, above normal. But at the same time God has been with me all the way. It seems to me the more you get your life together the more the storms come, sometimes one right after another. I have had to officiate one funeral and take part in a memorial service, I have preached twice, hosted a fund raising dinner for the youth, help feed the homeless with the Gathering Inn, found out my home refinancing didn’t go through and got a nice letter from the bank saying you are really late! The list goes on and on. But in all this I have had greater peace and confidence. I wake up knowing God is with me and He will get us through it all and He has! Yesterday I sort of took a day off, just tired to relax and really do as little as possible. It was nice, this morning I got up read my Bible and rode the bug (the bug is an elliptical trainer that takes up the space next to my bed. It’s there so I have no excuse not to exercise. Over the last few months the “bug” has become a nice cloth hanger….not any more…it’s time to exercise.) and got the kids off to school. I went to the church made some phone calls and got my tax returns from Don the finance guy. Eager to get them signed and in the mail I raced back home. As I turned the corner of my street…there was the brown van.

The brown van is loaded with Jehovah Witness and they were fanning out right in front of my house. My first thought was to keep going straight and call my wife when they had left…but I said alright Lord…So sure enough Darren now had an older more experienced guy with him named Bob. Bob and I had talked briefly before, when he had given me a pamphlet on the Trinity. Meeting me in my drive way I invited them in and said I would talk awhile. Needless to say no real head way was made on their part and I can only pray God would use the discussion to open their hearts. I prayed several time that God would give me the words to say and He would use me to be a witness to Jesus Christ. The only problem I have and maybe you can put my mind at ease, I feel as if I’m aiding the enemy. Bob on departing made the following comment, “I really am enjoying this, its is sharpening our skills.” Do I want him to use my arguments to get stronger? I feel he will go back and they will look to defend my arguments and use them against others.

I’m very confident in what I believe and there is no fear on my part of converting. The Jehovah Witness religious faith has so many things that do not add up. On the surface it make since, I can see where someone who has “some” Biblical knowledge could be tripped up. But it all comes back to “who do you say I am”. Jesus asked this of His disciples and he asks us the same question. They believe Jesus was created and was the perfect man…I believe Jesus was God who intervened into human history to set things right. He died for my sins and all I can do is put my faith in Him. Grace, I don’t deserve it and I can’t work for it. It is a gift from Jesus. Can a perfect man take away the sins of the world? And if it’s true Jesus was God…shouldn’t that have an enormous impact on the way I live my life? The answer is of course it would. I doubt a perfect man would command the same. It’s simple….

When Bob was leaving he said what can we talk about next time…how about the kingdom. I looked at him said how about grace I love grace!

-ps

Daily Reading: Num 3,4 Mark 3:22-35