Last night, we were at a party at a friend's house and there was a very nice man there, who is a doctor and also is a Hindu.  Our conversation was very interesting, and I told him about Jesus - explaining the whole story of Jesus birth, death and resurrection and why it should matter to every person.  His face was intently focused on mine.  He was listening SO INTENTLY.  "I've never heard it explained like this," he said.   He told me about Hindu-ism.  He was the nicest man, and he said, "I keep wanting someone to tell me the truth,  I keep searching for truth but cannot find it."  I wanted to tell him "You just heard it!" but I didn't because I figured the Holy Spirit could be asked to reveal this to him, and I could be the one to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal who Jesus is to him. I encouraged him to read the Bible.  I think he will.  Will you pray for him?  Will you pray, please, that the Holy Spirit will speak to him and draw him to Jesus? Thank you.

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I learn so much from writing - more than I could ever hope to teach. But reading the Bible opens my heart to God and His Spirit.  This morning I read the Bible where Jesus talked about the Seed (God's Word) being tossed on the soil.  Four types of soil - four types of people hearing God's Word.   It made me realize that it's the condition of the SOIL that matters because the SEED is always good.

I always assume that I'm the 4th seed that is sown in the GOOD soil - the good soil that hears the word, accepts it and produces a crop.  Because ultimately, the sign of good seed in good soil is that a CROP is produced - and NOT that I just keep thanking God that I'm the good soil that the good seed found.   Sometimes in church, our focus is how great is it that Jesus found me, that Jesus forgives me - and it IS AMAZING - but ultimately the whole point is that we are witnesses of Jesus.  Who He is, what He does, etc. 

But you know, the 3rd seed started looking familiar to me today: the one that takes root for while - but the worries of life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word and make that life unfruitful (Mark 4:19)  It strikes me that it isn't OUTRIGHT sin as most of us would describe it that chokes the word (and the holy crop it could potentially produce) from this life was beginning to take root  It was living life with WORRY, with trying to hold on and acquire WEALTH, and desiring OTHER THINGS that got that life all choked up.  And Jesus knows us so well, and He knows that those things are the Unholy Trinity of what makes us unproductive and unfruitful.

Anyway, life has been so BUSY here.  I don't necessarily have any wealth to try and cling to- although I AM richer than most of the people living in the world and I would hate to lose the comfort I have.   Some things make me worry, and some things I desire are not bad things... just OTHER THINGS.  And Jesus told Martha when she complained about Mary not helping that ONLY ONE THING matters and that Mary had found it.  Sitting at Jesus feet is the antidote to being all choked up. Whenever I choose that place, I can breathe easy again. Just writing this.....and getting my focus back on the face of beautiful Jesus......is clearing up the airways. See ya.

So if blog falls in the forest and no one reads it, is it still a blog?  

I haven't told anyone that this page exists because I'm afraid they might come here and read what I'm writing.  

And so, then, wouldn't it be easier to simply write these thoughts on a pad at home?

Or better yet, to keep my thoughts to myself?

Hmmmm.