Wednesday, 25 June 2008
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sharing
When I was a teenager, I went on many weekend mission trips to NYC. What an amazing experience. Not only did I get to share my faith to hurting people, but I saw God in a totally new light.
As I watched and talked with those people, my heart hurt for them. I think that's why I went so many times, I just couldn't imagine giving up on them. But since I've gotten married, I've realized that those hurting people aren't just in NYC...they're everywhere. And my heart still hurts for them.
That brings me to my question. How do you share your faith with a complete stranger? You're probably wondering why I'm asking that...if I've been to NYC so many times I should have that figured out, right? Not right. Somehow, that was different. The reason I went was to share to people so I felt I had to. Now I don't have to, I want to...but, honestly, walking up to someone and starting a conversation like that scares me like crazy!
So...how do you start your conversations about God to others? Or are you like me and wait for them to ask you?
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Comments (3)
hmmm .. that's a good question. Sometimes i wait for them to bring it up or something they would say something and I would say, "well, as a christian ... " most times I just wait around ...
as for sharing with strangers, well, I'm so shy with strangers that I can't bring myself to speak sometimes unless they strike up a conversation. Though I'm sure if we both jumped on computers and started typing to each other it won't be bad ;)
@shanella - I'm exactly the same way. I can write what I think so much easier. Acutally, when it comes to talking to strangers, it seems I can't think at all! But we are called to tell others about christ...I feel like I have to try but yet I'm so scared to.
It is scary, especially if, like me, you deal with a lot of shyness that makes it hard for you to talk to someone you don't know about ANYTHING. I'm definitely nowhere near as proactive as I need to be (i.e. pretty much not at all.) I'm trying to work on that, so I'm in the same boat with you.
ryc: Thank you