Talking to people or sharing information about your life is not always easy. In fact, for me, it has always been very difficult. I like to hear what others are doing but telling my own story isn’t something I want to do.
I’ve had a number of problems in my life and I would rather put them behind me and never think about them again. I don’t know if that is a healthy way to live but it is what I do. I put the past behind me and try to live in the present and plan for the future.
When God first told me to write about my life, I did not do so. I asked someone else to write about Christianity and linked his website to our needlework store.
I knew I was supposed to write but could never settle on what type of writing I was to do. It wasn’t until I became ill and asked God, once again, what I should write. It became clear to me during a sermon series at our church. I was to do what was difficult for me. I was to do something I really did not want to do.
I was to write about my failures, problems and heartbreaks of the past. By writing about them and sharing how God has helped me along the way, my writing could be of help to those going through similar things.
It was hard to begin and every single time I sit down to write, it is still hard. I am still compelled to do so. I know that it is what God wants me to do and so, I do it.
Sharing about Jesus is also difficult. We are always concerned that the person we are talking to may not be interested or may even be offended.
That is probably true much of the time but there will be those few instances where the person you are talking to needs to and/or wants to hear good news.
You can’t know what others are going through because you are not those people. All you can do is talk to others about yourself and about God and let God take control of the conversation and their situation.
You cannot force others to listen. You can’t force them to understand. All you can do, if you are led by God to do so, is to plant a small seed in their lives.
It is the great commission that Jesus left for us and all Christians, yes all and not just some, are asked to spread the good news of salvation to the entire world. That doesn’t just mean me. It also means you, too.
Mark 16:15
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”