saltandlight

I had a conversation yesterday with a coworker that has been on my mind ever since.  She is agnostic. She believes that maybe there is a God, but there might not be.  And there is definitely no such thing as Hell.  And she does not believe Jesus is the Son of God. He was just a man.  And she does not believe in the Bible, it was just a book written by man.  And of course I sweetly disagreed with her and tried to explain to her why I believe the way I do.  It will be a process but I will continue to pray for and plant seeds in her!

I’m not angry with her.  All I could think was “you are going to wind up in hell and you don’t even realize that I’m trying to save your life”! It’s just so sad.  She is very confused but she truly believes that she is right about everything. She has it all figured out. She has picked up bits and pieces of different religions and things she has learned and created a truth for herself to believe in.  We just agreed to disagree and ended the conversation but I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

I thought to myself, how does someone get so lost?  Did she have a bad childhood?  Did she fall in with the wrong crowd?  And then I got to thinking about myself.  How I could have easily gotten into the wrong crowd and how God intervened in my life.  He loved me so much that He just guided me right where I needed to be.  I could have so easily turned away and went down another path.  I can literally look back at certain times in my life that I could have made a different choice and I know it was only God that picked me up and turned me towards the right path.  He kept me from walking down those dark paths.

But, why?  I mean, why me?  You may have heard that song “Why Me, Lord”?  That is what I have been thinking about last night and this morning.  What did I ever do to deserve this Grace that He has shown me? I haven’t done anything to deserve it. None of us have!  That’s why it’s called Grace.  And He wants this for all of us.  We all have a choice.

But, God did this for me. He gave me a christian upbringing.  He put people in my path that would lead me to Him.  And he nurtured my faith with more people that were grounded in their faith.  So, now my question is what am I doing with this gift?  Yes, I’m living right and I’m in the Word and I’m trying to be a light to others.  But, am I doing enough?  There is a reason He has kept me on this path. What is my gift and how am I using it?  So, I’m asking you the same question.  What are you doing for the Lord?  What is He calling you to do?