hanna said something that really struck me.
i feel so much where's she's at. she's going to VFC, though she's not a christian, she's being pulled her heart. i was going to VFC for 4 months before I believed. and churches / groups for years before that.
she's even around this black ministry, starting to work in oakland with them ovet the teen homicide issue. what a warrior she is! she's disgruntled by many valid christian issues.
but she wants it, she wants it so badly, but it's not there yet, its not confirmed. And nothing can force it. she said this:
I"m like a camel, and i've been led to the water. Everything you've all said and shown has gotten me to take myself to the water. but i can't drink. i don't know why i can't drink, but i can't drink, and you can't make me drink. you can lead a camel to the water but you can't make it drink the water."
She nailed it. and it's true, and you can share your testimony, and i did and brad did and even Gracey smiled and made little splats of drool-cute-baby affirmations, but you can't tell anyone how or direct them. you can give little advice, but somuch of it seems inappropriate, "just ask" or whatever else. the drink it's in their hands and mouths to take. oh blessed sister! i hold you up! and my blessed mom, she wants it so badly, she says to me so proud of me "maybe it will happen to me too someday" she goes to the FR's church, the gospel church in Marin here and there, and she claps and likes the songs, and shakes everyone's hands. and i just tell her to ask it in. i wish God would just come come come soon for all my girls.
so i ask you my bloggettes, how do you get the camel to drink?
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something about "living sacrifices" comes to mind... i know too many fellow followers who have received their regenerated heart when it was just them and god (not that others weren't "shining like stars" - pointing the way to the Master).
Paul does say we demolish every arguement that asserts itself against the Truth but even the most fanatical, respected evangelists i know say sharing is governed by love and respect.
i think once one has "told the truth" as you have (as a "witness") then it's time to enter the dynamic realm of relational love and prayer...
how's that for pontificating?
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Yes, I love what Mike says, good on ya Mike!
I offer, give the camel so many saltine crackers that she is dying for a drink of water. And what, you might ask, are the saltine crackers? I don't know, but they are nice when you have an upset stomach.
May the Spirit be revealed to Hannah.
Missed you last night. Hope you got tons done.
There's only so much we can do--share the truth of our own experience, share His love in real ways, by being a genuine friend, and PRAY. Beyond that, it's between the "camel" and the Lord.
Molly, your love and enthusiasm for the Lord continue to be an inspiration to me, and hopefully to others as well--others like Hanna. Keep keeping the faith, my sister.
hey darlink,
sorry I hogged the computer last night (I just had to read the next post!). I was thinking, hey, I'd like to see what she wrote, and then I get here and Doh! nothing new. We gotta get that computer/router thing working.
yeah, C, stop hogging the computer so Mollster can get to work!
;-)
check in:
Mollster,
have a happy sunday (tomorrow).
have a wonderful week.
mike =)
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