Sunday, March 30, 2008

Spiritual Health vs Physical Health

Now that my wife is recovering from her illness I have been back out street fishing again. Tonight was my first attempt alone. I have been out the last two Wednesdays with Donnie, Ronnie & Jeff. We got serenaded one evening by a guy with his friends who were on their way to play music in a bar. In the parking lot he played us a gospel song he had written, although I doubt that was the kind of music they were going to play in the bar. The next Wednesday we got rejected by a guy who told us "I'm good". Although to his frustration his friends stopped and talked with us. Another guy we met was wondering if he might be reincarnated when he died. After we brought the law of God to him and three of his friends one of them used his cell phone to act like his mother was calling so they could get away. It was worth it though when you saw the conviction on one of the young men's face when we were finished. "I am not ashamed of the Gospel for it is the power of God to those who believe". It is a good thing that the power is in the gospel & not me.
The problem was when I went by myself tonight. I went to the park, downtown, to Thunderworld, to Walmart & only talked (briefly) to two young men at the park. I noticed as I was walking around the park that I was seriously out of shape & became tired very easily. Three weeks of doing nothing much more going back & forth to the hospital every day & another couple of weeks of caring for my wife at home had taken a lot of my strength away. Don't get me wrong, I was thankful to be able to do it. Seeing God work in this situation is a privaledge to witness & be a part of. I was just taking note of how being inactive in a certain area can quickly make you weaker. It seemed the same with going out to sharing your faith. I saw plenty of people tonight, but for some reason I couldn't find the right oppotunity. Some of the situations did seem awkward but I think the biggest part of it was that I hadn't done it in a while. I know I have to keep working at it but the hardest part may be training myself to let God do it. Pray for me.

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