All Suffering Soon to End...

So, these experiences just keep coming to my door, LITERALLY! I had just gotten out of the shower this morning and was enjoying catching up on my alone time by doing dishes, laundry, making the bed, etc. (You know my favorite hobbies, NOT!) And, knock, knock, knock...I open the door and it is two very nicely dressed young women my age both carring their bibles. Of course, they were wearning skirts, because pants are of the devil! Thankfully, I have my cross on the front door in honor of the Lenten season, so, they knew what they were getting themselves into!

She asked me about the cross and about my faith. I was happy to share (as my dog kept looking/jumping up their skirts) She then told me that she believes that we are living in the end times and that the war in Iraq is the ultimate symbol of that. OH did I have a response to that! But I kept my big mouth shut. She opened the bible and read from Revelations 21. About how the suffering will end. She basically wanted to make sure that I was right with God, so that when the end comes, that I would be saved.

You know what, I don't believe what Jehova's Witnesses believe. However, they believe so much in their faith that they go around door to door and try to share it with others. I appreciated her honesty and her realness about her life and her faith. She left me with the cheesiest brochure I have ever seen, entitled, "All Suffering Soon to End" with a cartoon drawing of two people sitting in a field with a moose behind them. Huh? I don't get it! And when you open it up, it tells you that we are living in the end times and that we should repent! Interesting read for sure!

I think there is a lesson in this for me and for all of us who call ourselves followers of Christ...

My passion for God must spill over into everything I do, everything I say and to everyone I meet! I must not be judgemental! I must love people for who they are and right where they are! I absolutely do not believe that door to door evangelism works, but I do believe that God has called us to love others into a relationship with Him. As I evaluate my own heart for others today, I am saddened with my lack of passion. How about you?

May we be a generation known as the friends of God! May we be the generation that changes the world! Maybe one last time... (TNL roots, I can't escape from the vision placed on my heart when I first came to Christ...www.tnl.org)

AMEN...