Full of Joy

Finding out that my Doctor was switching practices was a big bummer.  I felt an emotional attachment to her on a number of levels.  Not the least of these being I hadn't shared Christ's love with her yet.  This led me to my typical best course of action:  I wrote her a letter.  I thanked her for numerous personal things, and went on to tell her how God loved her.  Since I am apart of a fantastic church body, Reston Bible Church , I also invited her to come anytime.  The letter got put in the mail, with high hopes it would actually reach my Doctor before she left. Weeks later, I was still going into the office every week for blood work (still am for that matter, what a loooooong process- have I mentioned how long this process is?!).  Last Monday I sat in my usual gray blood-drawing seat.  I am so not a fan of those seats.  You know the ones with the arm "rest" thing that comes down in front of you and traps you onto the seat so you can'...

Lately Chuck and I have attended conferences, camps, or heard speakers that have frankly made me feel like the worst Christian ever.  I was literally sitting at a conference where I was told to get out my cell phone immediately and call an unsaved friend right  then and there and share the gospel with them.  Excuse me? Now please hear my heart, I WANT TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH PEOPLE.  Yes, I do!  Especially with friends that I care deeply for.  Even with strangers for that matter.  I want to share about what God has done in my life and how He can do that in their's too.  But I don't not want to shove it super awkwardly at them with some random phone call.  I will say that I called my friend and invited her to go for coffee instead, thus building a relationship with her first.  I've been pretty down in the dumps about what a bad witness I am though.  OK, I don't really believe that about myself, but that's how these speakers...