PRAISE GOD!!!

I had an incredible experience today. I got lunch with my friend Cat, who I have been praying for off and on for a while now. She had emailed me earlier in the week and said, "There is something I need to talk about that I don't understand, and you are the perfect person to explain this to me." I figured that that meant something spiritual, so I prayed before I had lunch with her today and then got together with her.

We ended up having this really great conversation! One of the first things she said to me was "I want to talk about God." She told me that she had bought a Bible and started reading it and that she really liked what she was reading. She then opened up to me a lot and asked a bunch of spiritual questions, and was kind of confused about what it meant to be a Christian. I said, "Maybe we should clear up exactly what it means to be a Christian, first." She said ok, and was very receptive to what I had to say.

As I was explaining to her the entire gospel story, beginning with Adam and Eve and the fall and Sin entering the world, the passage from Luke 24 came to mind, where Jesus explained everything to the two men on the road to Emmaus. The Scripture says, "And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in the Scriptures concerning himself." (Luke 24:27). It was like that was exactly what was happening!!! She was so curious, and the Holy Spirit was definitely working in her heart and speaking through me, and it was AWESOME!!! I got to share with her about God's heart to restore what was broken, especially humankind's relationship with Him, and talk about Jesus, and why His coming was so important and how to become a Christian!

And she was able to ask questions like "What about different denominations?" and "Was my brother's muscular dystrophy a result of sin?" and she said she wants to come to church with me!!! And she said it was "kinda cool" how it all made sense, and I think she was really tracking with me and asking honest questions!

All this to say, PRAISE GOD for working in my friend's life, and PLEASE, PLEASE pray that she comes to know Jesus as her personal Savior!!! I'm so thankful that He is using me in this way. Please pray that Cat comes to know Him and that she gets involved in a community of Christians who will love her and help her in her search for Him. Hallelujah, praise Jesus.