Saturday, December 13, 2008

Sweet Evangelism

My passion is that more and more people come to know the saving grace of Jesus and know Him as Lord and Savior. I am not and never will be a "street preacher" or someone to badger someone about her beliefs. I merely prays for direction from the Holy Spirit and offers people a sealed snack bag, which has a cookie bar and a pamphlet about Jesus in it. I continue walking, after I thanks them for their hard work,or wishes them a Merry Christmas - something fitting for the situation.
I used to do this without others knowing. In Illinois, I made cupcakes and took them to businesses and dropped them off with New Testaments or Bibles - something to share Jesus with others. It would also include a note of thanks for the business' services. After we moved our west, I felt the Lord saying that I needed others praying for this effort and that I should share it with the prayer chain. So, I have and from that has come wonderful bounty. A few people have offered to help me distribute the pkgs or drive me and MANY have given me their old Bibles and Christian materials and CDs to pass out. Some have given us money to use for supplies. Some have baked for this effort. Many have prayed. Over 9,000 pkgs were distributed on 2008 and over 10,000 in 2009. Some people think it is easy for me to do this work and I assure them that I need prayer for courage. I will be doing this as long as the Lord directs. It is a pleasure to surprise people with a cookie and thank them for their service to the community or for their gardening skills - just to give. I trust the Lord to do His work with the scripture that is in the baggie. It is NOT about me - I am just the delivery person and He will do the rest. I trust that others will be directed to the path of each person and take the seed a little further along! So - that is much of my life. I am a happy walker and seed planter!