Wow! I just looked at my blog....and yes, there is a blog, but I sure have been neglecting it! We were away on holidays for a couple weeks...and now it's great to be back. God has continued to work while I was gone (always awesome to know God is never on vacation -never leaves us or forsakes us).
Just yesterday I was able to preach about the story of the sower and the seed. This farmer who throws out seed (Luke 8:1-15) and Jesus shares in this parable how not all the seed grows. The seed represents the word of God and the soil, a person's heart. He shares the reasons people don't follow Jesus. It's amazing how many reasons there are why people turn away from the good news of Jesus: the devil, life's worries, riches & pleasures, & tests. All of these things really should challenge us to pray for those who are trying to follow Jesus. We all will face tests. We all will be tempted by the "good things" that can become ultimate things. We all will be invited by Satan to believe that living for ourself is better than living for God.
I am thankful for the grace of God that He has allowed me to follow Him. I am encouraged to share the word of God and pray that he grows his word in their hearts.
Jesus is the one who calls us to share His words to a lost world.
