Leaving the Castle

I had the privilege yesterday of giving the entire gospel, the long version, to someone with listening ears. She didn’t fully understand, but i wasn’t in a hurry and I wasn’t cut off with, “well, that’s what you believe,” or the person just walking away. People just don’t know God. How can they even follow the first commandment of having no other gods before Him when they have no motivation to know Him or love Him? Perhaps they even think, “well, what has God ever done for me?” I’m sure that crosses some peoples’ minds. Little do they know that the very fact that they are alive is what He does for them every moment: He is Who holds their soul in life each day.

Pray I will be able to continue to witness to V. I see her almost every week on my grocery run to town. I sit and have tea or coffee and chat with her at her workplace. Since summer is her busy time, we have few interruptions. I am planning to start a Bible study with her next week. Pray this will open her understanding about God and what He has done for her.

I am trying to befriend another lady and talk to her almost every week. She is not as interested in spiritual things, but she really seems to appreciate the friendship and we send (by way of our children!) or give personally each other our latest creations that the whole family enjoys. She invites me in to have tea every time I visit. I need Moldovan friends, and I feel the Lord is giving them to me now, but it has taken effort from me. It’s easy to say I’m too busy. I have homeschool. The housework is never done! When am i going to fit that in? I have to leave the “castle.” Making time for befriending neighbors or cashiers or other people that I’m going to see on a regular basis is worth it. I’m praying almost daily for open doors, open hearts, and a chance to win someone to the Lord. He must draw them, but I must “go.”